Botany Bay Lake, Pictou County
Botany Bay Lake, Nova Scotia
Botany Bay Lake Geography
- Official Name: Botany Bay Lake
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Hydrographic Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Lake
- Affiliated Community: Mount Thom
- Latitude / Longitude:45.476027, -62.962388
Botany Bay Lake Maps
- NTS Map Number: 011E07
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map: 1045450062900 (Watervale)
- Other:
About Botany Bay Lake
Botany Bay Lake is a small fresh water lake located east of Grandfathers Lake, near the base of Mount Thom. (Jacks Meadow area).
The lake is about 10.7 hectares, has a mean depth of 1.4 m, with its deepest part being just over 3 metres. It has an average hardness as CaCO3 (mg/L) of 5.75, and a PH of 6.20.
More details about the baseline water quality of this lake can be found by examining Nova Scotia’s Lake Chemistry data collected from the Nova Scotia Lake Survey Program and provided by the Government of Nova Scotia. The water quality data include nutrients, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, temperature, transparency, alkalinity, colour, major ions, selected metals, plus various fish habitat parameters. Temperature and dissolved oxygen profiles are when recorded are also included.
The lake inventory map for this lake is shown in the graphic below, and also available to download online (PDF).
[Source: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables
Botany Bay Lake Maps
Botany Bay Lake, Lake Inventory Map
Freshwater lakes are typically inland bodies of water, typically formed from depressions in the earth’s surface. They are bounded by sills, and usually fed by streams, brooks, or rivers from the surrounding region. Lakes provide great places to swim, fish, canoe, and generally relax.
Pictou County is dominantly made up of rural areas and contains an abundant amount of fresh water lakes and streams found all across its geography.
Lake Inventory Maps
The Province of Nova Scotia maintains fresh water lake inventory data on over 1000 lakes in Nova Scotia. From that they generate lake inventory maps, that display basic depth contours. Some of the maps also contain data on water quality, fish species, recent stocking history and other information.
Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture provides paper copies of lake inventory maps to the public (by request), and some of those maps have been made into PDF digital versions that available to download. Click here for details on how to obtain paper copies.
2025 Mount Thom Map
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