Where is Marcel Lake?

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

How deep is Marcel Lake?

Marcel Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet. The lake covers 78 acres.

Marcel Lake

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia32 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

1.4 m

Murkier than most

Secchi · sampled 1979

Max depth

14 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

32 ha

Surface area

46 ft max depth
Limited data

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Marcel Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.4 m visibility. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 78 acres.

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Marcel Lake is a 78-acre lake in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 46 feet.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1979-07-07. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Marcel Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Deep water45.9 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 Marcel 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 Marcel Lake

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

Murky, only visible to about 4.4 ft. TSI 56.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.35m	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.	56	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

14 m

Surface area

32 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Marcel Lake

Where is Marcel Lake?: Marcel Lake is a lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Marcel Lake?: Marcel Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.4 m visibility. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 78 acres.
Is Marcel Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Marcel Lake?: Marcel Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet. The lake covers 78 acres.