Where is Kilkenny Lake?

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

How deep is Kilkenny Lake?

Kilkenny Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 5.9 feet. The lake covers 145.1 acres.

Kilkenny Lake

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia59 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

1.5 m

Murkier than most

Secchi · sampled 2002

Max depth

5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

59 ha

Surface area

16 ft max depth
Limited data

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Kilkenny Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 145.1 acres.

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Kilkenny Lake is a 145-acre lake in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 16 feet (6-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2002-10-02. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Kilkenny 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 Kilkenny Lake

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

Murky, only visible to about 4.9 ft. TSI 54.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.5m	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.	54	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

5 m

Average depth

1.8 m

Surface area

59 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Kilkenny Lake

Where is Kilkenny Lake?: Kilkenny Lake is a lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kilkenny Lake?: Kilkenny Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 145.1 acres.
Is Kilkenny Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Kilkenny Lake?: Kilkenny Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 5.9 feet. The lake covers 145.1 acres.