Land of Laziness Lake
Halifax, Nova Scotia6 haView mapDirections
NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Land of Laziness Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Land of Laziness Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L. Surface area: 15.3 acres.
Land of Laziness Lake is a 15-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1989-07-20. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Land of Laziness 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.
Water quality measurements for Land of Laziness Lake
These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Land of Laziness 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 8.2 ft. Phosphorus 4 µg/L. TSI 35.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.5m | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 4µg/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. | 35 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Average depth
Not documented
Surface area
6 ha
The available depth estimate for Land of Laziness Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.
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Where is Land of Laziness Lake?
- Land of Laziness Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Land of Laziness Lake?
- Land of Laziness Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L. Surface area: 15.3 acres.
Is Land of Laziness Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Land of Laziness Lake?
- The available depth estimate for Land of Laziness Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown. The lake covers 15.3 acres.
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Where this data comes from
2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 1984–1989. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.
Collected and reported by
- NS Dept. of Fisheries
NS Dept. of Fisheries1 sample · 1989 - Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change1 sample · 1984
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
192
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