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

How deep is Snow Lake?

Snow Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 6.2 feet. The lake covers 94.1 acres.

Snow Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia38 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

4.6 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1974

Max depth

5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

38 ha

Surface area

16 ft max depth
Limited data

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Snow Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 94.1 acres.

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Snow Lake is a 94-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 16 feet (6-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1974-09-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Snow Lake is good for

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Clear water15.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Snow 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 Snow Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Snow 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 15.1 ft down. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4.6m	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.	38	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

5 m

Average depth

1.9 m

Surface area

38 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Snow Lake

Where is Snow Lake?: Snow Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Snow Lake?: Snow Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 16.4 ft. Surface area: 94.1 acres.
Is Snow Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Snow Lake?: Snow Lake has a maximum depth of 16.4 feet and an average depth of 6.2 feet. The lake covers 94.1 acres.