Where is Longview Lake?

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

How deep is Longview Lake?

Longview Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 3.9 feet. The lake covers 249.6 acres.

Longview Lake

Shelburne, Nova Scotia101 haView map Directions

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

Phosphorus

6 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

6 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

101 ha

Surface area

20 ft max depth
Limited data

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Longview Lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 249.6 acres.

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Longview Lake is a 250-acre lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 20 feet (4-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1984-06-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Longview 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 Longview Lake

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

No clarity data. Phosphorus 6 µg/L. TSI 30.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)		No reading How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	6µg/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

6 m

Average depth

1.2 m

Surface area

101 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Longview Lake

Where is Longview Lake?: Longview Lake is a lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Longview Lake?: Longview Lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 249.6 acres.
Is Longview Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Longview Lake?: Longview Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 3.9 feet. The lake covers 249.6 acres.