Where is Silver Lake?

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

How deep is Silver Lake?

Silver Lake has a maximum depth of 46.9 feet. The lake covers 8 acres.

Silver Lake

Kings, Nova Scotia3 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

4.7 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1984

Phosphorus

3 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

14.3 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

3 ha

Surface area

47 ft max depth
Limited data

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Silver Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 46.9 ft. Surface area: 8 acres.

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Silver Lake is a 8-acre lake in Kings County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 47 feet.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1984-06-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Silver Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water15.4 ft of visibility
Deep water46.9 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 Silver 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 Silver Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Silver Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Crystal clear, you can see 15.4 ft down. Phosphorus 3 µg/L. TSI 29.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4.7m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	3µg/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.	29	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

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Lake Details

Max depth

14.3 m

Surface area

3 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Silver Lake

Where is Silver Lake?: Silver Lake is a lake in Kings, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Silver Lake?: Silver Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 46.9 ft. Surface area: 8 acres.
Is Silver Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Silver Lake?: Silver Lake has a maximum depth of 46.9 feet. The lake covers 8 acres.