Where is Killarney Lake?

Killarney 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 Killarney Lake?

Killarney Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 8.2 feet. The lake covers 199.9 acres.

Killarney Lake

Cumberland, Nova Scotia81 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.7 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1973

Max depth

6 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

81 ha

Surface area

20 ft max depth
Limited data

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Killarney Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 199.9 acres.

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Killarney Lake is a 200-acre lake in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 20 feet (8-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-08-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Killarney Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water12 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 Killarney 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 Killarney Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Killarney 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 12 ft. TSI 41.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.66m	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.	41	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

6 m

Average depth

2.5 m

Surface area

81 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Killarney Lake

Where is Killarney Lake?: Killarney 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 Killarney Lake?: Killarney Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 199.9 acres.
Is Killarney Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Killarney Lake?: Killarney Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 8.2 feet. The lake covers 199.9 acres.