Where is Little Tupper Lake?

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

How deep is Little Tupper Lake?

Little Tupper Lake has a maximum depth of 42.7 feet and an average depth of 7.5 feet. The lake covers 280 acres.

Little Tupper Lake

Queens, Nova Scotia113 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

5.6 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1982

Phosphorus

4 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

13 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

113 ha

Surface area

43 ft max depth
Limited data

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Little Tupper Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L. Maximum depth: 42.7 ft. Surface area: 280 acres.

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Little Tupper Lake is a 280-acre lake in Queens County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 43 feet (8-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1982-07-14. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Little Tupper Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water18.2 ft of visibility
Deep water42.7 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Little Tupper 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 Tupper Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Little Tupper 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 18.2 ft down. Phosphorus 4 µg/L. TSI 30.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.55m	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.	30	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

13 m

Average depth

2.3 m

Surface area

113 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Little Tupper Lake

Where is Little Tupper Lake?: Little Tupper Lake is a lake in Queens, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Little Tupper Lake?: Little Tupper Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4 µg/L. Maximum depth: 42.7 ft. Surface area: 280 acres.
Is Little Tupper Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Little Tupper Lake?: Little Tupper Lake has a maximum depth of 42.7 feet and an average depth of 7.5 feet. The lake covers 280 acres.