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Three Lakes Lake

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

Phosphorus
5.7 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~9.1 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 30 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Three Lakes Lake in Algoma District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 5.7 µg/L.

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Three Lakes Lake is a lake in Algoma District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 30 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2004-05-11. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Three Lakes 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 Three Lakes Lake

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

No clarity data. Phosphorus 5.7 µg/L. TSI 29.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus5.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)29Oligotrophic

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

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~9.1 m est.
Average Depth~4.3 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 Three Lakes Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
31 sq mi
Surface area
94 acres
Shoreline
2.6 mi
Elevation
1,378 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 Three Lakes Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Three Lakes Lake?

Three Lakes Lake in Algoma District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 5.7 µg/L.

Is Three Lakes Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Three Lakes Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Three Lakes Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 30 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 Three Lakes 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)