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

How deep is Jesse Lake?

Jesse Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 8.2 feet. The lake covers 58.8 acres.

Jesse Lake

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia24 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.6 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1981

Phosphorus

2.5 µg/L

Less phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

24 ha

Surface area

16 ft max depth
Limited data

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Jesse Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 58.8 acres.

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Jesse Lake is a 59-acre lake in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 16 feet (8-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1981-06-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Jesse Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water11.8 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 Jesse 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 Jesse Lake

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

Good clarity, visible to about 11.8 ft. Phosphorus 2.5 µg/L. TSI 29.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.6m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	2.5µg/L	Measured, not scored 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.	29	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

5 m

Average depth

2.5 m

Surface area

24 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Jesse Lake

Where is Jesse Lake?: Jesse Lake is a lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Jesse Lake?: Jesse Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 58.8 acres.
Is Jesse Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Jesse Lake?: Jesse Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 8.2 feet. The lake covers 58.8 acres.