Middle River Reservoir, Pictou County
Middle River Reservoir, Nova Scotia
Middle River Reservoir Geography
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Hydrographic Feature
- Geographic Feature Type: Reservoir
- Affiliated Communities: Abercrombie, Granton
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.6184, -62.7495
Middle River Reservoir Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 12
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045650062700 (Pictou), 1045600062700 (Granton)
About Middle River Reservoir
The Middle River Reservoir is a large body of water located at the mouth of the Middle River of Pictou, it resulted after the construction of the Middle River of Pictou Dam and the Pictou Causeway. It also served as a source of water that supplied the Pump Mill located in Granton. Water feeds into the reservoir from the Middle River of Pictou, and empties into Pictou Harbour.
It is about 365 hectares in size, with its deepest part being just over 9 metres. It has a PH of 6.
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.
Although not a real lake, the province has created a lake inventory map for Middle River Reservoir, as shown in the graphic below, and also available to download online (PDF).
[Source: Department of Fisheries / Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables]
Middle River Reservoir 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.
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