Where is Little Joe Long Lake?

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

How deep is Little Joe Long Lake?

Little Joe Long Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 7.2 feet. The lake covers 16.6 acres.

Little Joe Long Lake

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia7 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1980

Max depth

4 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

7 ha

Surface area

13 ft max depth
Limited data

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Little Joe Long Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 16.6 acres.

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Little Joe Long Lake is a 17-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 13 feet (7-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1980-11-03. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Little Joe Long Lake is good for

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Clear water9.8 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 Little Joe Long 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 Little Joe Long Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Little Joe Long 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 9.8 ft. TSI 44.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3m	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.	44	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

4 m

Average depth

2.2 m

Surface area

7 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Little Joe Long Lake

Where is Little Joe Long Lake?: Little Joe Long Lake is a lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Little Joe Long Lake?: Little Joe Long Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 16.6 acres.
Is Little Joe Long Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Little Joe Long Lake?: Little Joe Long Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 7.2 feet. The lake covers 16.6 acres.