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Mockingigh Lake

Hants, Nova Scotia109 haView mapDirections

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

Clarity
1.6 m
Typical for Nova Scotia
Secchi · sampled 2006
Phosphorus
8 µg/L
Typical for Nova Scotia
Measured by NSECC
Max depth
10 m
Bathymetric survey
Area
109 ha
Surface area
  • 33 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Mockingigh Lake in Hants, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L. Maximum depth: 32.8 ft. Surface area: 270.1 acres.

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Mockingigh Lake is a 270-acre lake in Hants County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 33 feet (19-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2006-08-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Mockingigh Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Deep water32.8 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 Mockingigh 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 Mockingigh Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Mockingigh 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 5.3 ft. Phosphorus 8 µg/L. TSI 44.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)1.63mMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus8µg/LMeasured, 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.44Mesotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

10 m

Average depth

5.7 m

Surface area

109 ha

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Where is Mockingigh Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Mockingigh Lake?

Mockingigh Lake in Hants, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L. Maximum depth: 32.8 ft. Surface area: 270.1 acres.

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Is Mockingigh Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Mockingigh Lake?

Mockingigh Lake has a maximum depth of 32.8 feet and an average depth of 18.7 feet. The lake covers 270.1 acres.

Where this data comes from

3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 1977–2006. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.

Collected and reported by

  • NSDAFNSDAF1 sample · 2006
  • Lands and ForestsLands and Forests1 sample · 1977
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
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