Salmon Lake
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia157 haView mapDirections
NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Salmon Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 23 ft max depth
- Limited data
Salmon Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 23 ft. Surface area: 387.5 acres.
Salmon Lake is a 388-acre lake in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 23 feet (7-foot average).
Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1981-06-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Salmon 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 Salmon Lake
These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Salmon Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Very murky, less than 3.3 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 4.5 µg/L. TSI 43.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 1m | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 4.5µg/L | Measured, 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. | 43 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
7 m
Average depth
2 m
Surface area
157 ha
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Where is Salmon Lake?
- Salmon 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 Salmon Lake?
- Salmon Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 4.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 23 ft. Surface area: 387.5 acres.
Is Salmon Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Salmon Lake?
- Salmon Lake has a maximum depth of 23 feet and an average depth of 6.6 feet. The lake covers 387.5 acres.
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Where this data comes from
3 measurements from 2 monitoring stations, 1981. 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 Fisheries2 samples · 1992–1993 - Lands and Forests, NSDOE
Lands and Forests, NSDOE1 sample · 1981 - Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change1 sample · 1981
Monitoring station identifiers (2)
2234
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