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Shacabac Lake

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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Shacabac Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
4 m
Secchi · sampled 2016
Phosphorus
19 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~16.8 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 55 ft max depth

Shacabac Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 19 µg/L.

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Shacabac Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 55 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2016-05-15. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

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  • Clear water13.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Shacabac Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Shacabac Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Shacabac 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 13.1 ft. Phosphorus 19 µg/L. TSI 43.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)4 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus19 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)43Mesotrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~16.8 m est.
Average Depth~4 m est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Ontario has not published bathymetry for Shacabac Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
12 sq mi
Surface area
1,915 acres
Shoreline
12.8 mi
Elevation
912 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.

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Where is Shacabac Lake?

Shacabac Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Shacabac Lake?

Shacabac Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 19 µg/L.

Is Shacabac Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Shacabac Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Shacabac Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 55 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Shacabac Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)