Where is Vickery Lake?

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

How deep is Vickery Lake?

Vickery Lake has a maximum depth of 111.5 feet and an average depth of 2.6 feet. The lake covers 21 acres.

Vickery Lake

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

Clarity

1.8 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1973

Max depth

34 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

8 ha

Surface area

112 ft max depth
Limited data

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Vickery Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 111.5 ft. Surface area: 21 acres.

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Vickery Lake is a 21-acre lake in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 112 feet (3-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-08-04. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Vickery Lake is good for

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Deep water111.5 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 Vickery 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 Vickery Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Vickery 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 6 ft. TSI 51.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.83m	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.	51	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

34 m

Average depth

0.8 m

Surface area

8 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Vickery Lake

Where is Vickery Lake?: Vickery Lake is a lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Vickery Lake?: Vickery Lake in Cumberland, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 111.5 ft. Surface area: 21 acres.
Is Vickery Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Vickery Lake?: Vickery Lake has a maximum depth of 111.5 feet and an average depth of 2.6 feet. The lake covers 21 acres.