Millet Lake
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia69 haView mapDirections
NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Millet Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 76 ft max depth
- Limited data
Millet Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.3 m visibility. Phosphorus: 9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2 µg/L. Maximum depth: 75.5 ft. Surface area: 169.8 acres.
Millet Lake is a 170-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 76 feet (32-foot average).
Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2000-08-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Millet Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Deep water75.5 ft surveyed max depth
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Millet 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.
Water quality measurements for Millet Lake
These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Millet 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 7.4 ft. Phosphorus 9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 2 µg/L. TSI 41.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 2.25m | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 9µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 2µg/L | Measured, not scored 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. | 41 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
23 m
Average depth
9.6 m
Surface area
69 ha
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Where is Millet Lake?
- Millet 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 Millet Lake?
- Millet Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.3 m visibility. Phosphorus: 9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2 µg/L. Maximum depth: 75.5 ft. Surface area: 169.8 acres.
Is Millet Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Millet Lake?
- Millet Lake has a maximum depth of 75.5 feet and an average depth of 31.5 feet. The lake covers 169.8 acres.
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Where this data comes from
6 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 1951–2000. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.
Collected and reported by
- DOE
DOE2 samples · 1951–1983 - NS Dept. of Fisheries
NS Dept. of Fisheries1 sample · 2000 - Submitting organization not recorded for these samples1 sample · 1983
Some records reached the portal without a submitting organization. Those samples are counted above but not attributed.
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
27
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