Where is Huntley Lake?

Huntley Lake is a lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Huntley Lake?

Huntley Lake has a maximum depth of 11.5 feet and an average depth of 7.2 feet. The lake covers 12.1 acres.

Huntley Lake

Guysborough, Nova Scotia5 haView map Directions

NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Huntley Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

3 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1991

Max depth

3.5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

5 ha

Surface area

12 ft max depth
Limited data

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Huntley Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 11.5 ft. Surface area: 12.1 acres.

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Huntley Lake is a 12-acre lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 12 feet (7-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1991-06-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Huntley Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water9.8 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Huntley Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Huntley Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Huntley Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Moderate clarity, visible to about 9.8 ft. TSI 44.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus		No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)		No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.
Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.	44	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

3.5 m

Average depth

2.2 m

Surface area

5 ha

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Nearby Lakes in Guysborough

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Frequently asked questions about Huntley Lake

Where is Huntley Lake?: Huntley Lake is a lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Huntley Lake?: Huntley Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 11.5 ft. Surface area: 12.1 acres.
Is Huntley Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Huntley Lake?: Huntley Lake has a maximum depth of 11.5 feet and an average depth of 7.2 feet. The lake covers 12.1 acres.