Where is Little Mushamush Lake?

Little Mushamush 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 Mushamush Lake?

Little Mushamush Lake has a maximum depth of 42.7 feet and an average depth of 12.8 feet. The lake covers 1114.9 acres.

Little Mushamush Lake

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia451 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

5.8 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1989

Max depth

13 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

451 ha

Surface area

43 ft max depth
Limited data

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Little Mushamush Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 42.7 ft. Surface area: 1114.9 acres.

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Little Mushamush Lake is a 1,115-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 43 feet (13-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1989-06-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Little Mushamush Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water18.9 ft of visibility
Deep water42.7 ft surveyed max depth
Big water1,115 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Little Mushamush 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 Mushamush Lake

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

Crystal clear, you can see 18.9 ft down. TSI 35.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.78m	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.	35	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

13 m

Average depth

3.9 m

Surface area

451 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Little Mushamush Lake

Where is Little Mushamush Lake?: Little Mushamush 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 Mushamush Lake?: Little Mushamush Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 42.7 ft. Surface area: 1114.9 acres.
Is Little Mushamush Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Little Mushamush Lake?: Little Mushamush Lake has a maximum depth of 42.7 feet and an average depth of 12.8 feet. The lake covers 1114.9 acres.