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

How deep is Issac Lake?

Issac Lake has a maximum depth of 24.9 feet and an average depth of 6.9 feet. The lake covers 40 acres.

Issac Lake

Cumberland, Nova Scotia16 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

4.6 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1973

Max depth

7.6 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

16 ha

Surface area

25 ft max depth
Limited data

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Issac Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 24.9 ft. Surface area: 40 acres.

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Issac Lake is a 40-acre lake in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 25 feet (7-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-08-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Issac Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water15 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 Issac 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 Issac Lake

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

Crystal clear, you can see 15 ft down. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4.57m	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.	38	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

7.6 m

Average depth

2.1 m

Surface area

16 ha

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Nearby Lakes in Cumberland

Sutherland Lake4.8 m clear2.6 miView →Big Lake2.7 m clear11.1 miView →Wigmore Lake1.4 m clear—View →Pineo Lake2.1 m clear—View →Poison Lake4.6 m clear11.6 miView →Park Lake1.2 m clear—View →

Frequently asked questions about Issac Lake

Where is Issac Lake?: Issac Lake is a lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Issac Lake?: Issac Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 24.9 ft. Surface area: 40 acres.
Is Issac Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Issac Lake?: Issac Lake has a maximum depth of 24.9 feet and an average depth of 6.9 feet. The lake covers 40 acres.