Round Lake
Guysborough, Nova Scotia32 haView mapDirections
NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Round Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 30 ft max depth
- Limited data
Round Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 29.5 ft. Surface area: 78.8 acres.
Round Lake is a 79-acre lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 30 feet.
Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-07-09. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Round Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water14 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Round 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 Round Lake
These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Round 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 14 ft. TSI 39.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.27m | 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. | 39 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
9 m
Surface area
32 ha
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Frequently asked questions about Round Lake
Where is Round Lake?
- Round Lake is a lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Round Lake?
- Round Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.3 m visibility. Maximum depth: 29.5 ft. Surface area: 78.8 acres.
Is Round Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Round Lake?
- Round Lake has a maximum depth of 29.5 feet. The lake covers 78.8 acres.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 2 monitoring stations, 1973. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.
Collected and reported by
- NS Dept. of Fisheries
NS Dept. of Fisheries1 sample · 1989 - Lands and Forests
Lands and Forests1 sample · 1973
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
206146
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