Where is Salmon River Lake?

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

How deep is Salmon River Lake?

Salmon River Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet. The lake covers 443.8 acres.

Salmon River Lake

Digby, Nova Scotia180 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

1.6 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1995

Phosphorus

12 µg/L

More phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

14 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

180 ha

Surface area

46 ft max depth
Limited data

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Salmon River Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 12 µg/L. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 443.8 acres.

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Salmon River Lake is a 444-acre lake in Digby County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 46 feet.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1995-09-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Salmon River Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Deep water45.9 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 Salmon River 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 Salmon River Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Salmon River 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 5.2 ft. Phosphorus 12 µg/L. TSI 47.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.6m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	12µg/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.	47	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

14 m

Surface area

180 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Salmon River Lake

Where is Salmon River Lake?: Salmon River Lake is a lake in Digby, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Salmon River Lake?: Salmon River Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 12 µg/L. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 443.8 acres.
Is Salmon River Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Salmon River Lake?: Salmon River Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet. The lake covers 443.8 acres.