Where is Minard Lake?

Minard 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 Minard Lake?

Minard Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 7.9 feet. The lake covers 276.5 acres.

Minard Lake

Queens, Nova Scotia112 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.7 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1974

Max depth

6 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

112 ha

Surface area

20 ft max depth
Limited data

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Minard Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 276.5 acres.

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Minard Lake is a 277-acre lake in Queens County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 20 feet (8-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1974-08-22. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Minard Lake is good for

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Clear water12.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Minard 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 Minard Lake

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

Good clarity, visible to about 12.1 ft. TSI 41.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.7m	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.	41	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

6 m

Average depth

2.4 m

Surface area

112 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Minard Lake

Where is Minard Lake?: Minard 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 Minard Lake?: Minard Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 276.5 acres.
Is Minard Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Minard Lake?: Minard Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 7.9 feet. The lake covers 276.5 acres.