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Narrative on lakes/rivers within the Halifax municipality

Updated: November 03, 2021       

Table of Contents:

• Listing of watersheds
  
  
• Narrative on water quality of freshwaters
  
• Natural Resources
  
• Overview map of the Halifax Municipality ... a large document (this opens in a new window)
• Our Studies/Reports

Watersheds, recreational uses, and miscellaneous

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• Blind Bay headwaters (15 lakes & ponds), St. Margaret's Bay
• Chezzetcook Inlet headwaters (33 lakes & ponds)
• Clam Bay headwaters (6 lakes)
• Cole Harbour headwaters (4 lakes)
• Cow Bay River headwater lakes (8 lakes)
  
  
• Dartmouth Miscellaneous
  • Maynard Lake, Dartmouth- the fascinating recovery
• East River (St Margarets) watershed (10 lakes)
• Halibut Bay headwaters, Halifax Harbour (7 ponds)
  
• Hubbards Cove headwaters (21 lakes & ponds)
  
  
• Jeddore Harbour headwaters (17 lakes & ponds)
• Ketch Harbour headwaters (11 lakes & ponds)
• Lawrencetown Lake headwaters (62 lakes & ponds)
• Little Salmon River headwaters
  
• Moose Cove headwaters (6 lakes & ponds)
  
  
• Mushaboom headwaters (4 lakes)
• Musquodoboit Harbour watershed (144 lakes & ponds)
• Newcombe Brook (Ship Harbour) watershed (19 lakes & ponds)
• Nine Mile River watershed, Western Region (32 lakes & ponds)
• Northeast River watershed (23 lakes & ponds)
  
  
• Papermill Lake watershed (22 lakes & Ponds)
• Pennant River watershed (46 lakes & ponds)
• Petpeswick Inlet headwaters (24 lakes & ponds)
• Porters Lake watershed (39 lakes & ponds)
  
• Powers Pond (and McIntosh Run) watershed (17 lakes & ponds)
  
  
• Prospect River watershed (11 lakes)
• Sackville River watershed (17 lakes & ponds)
• Salmon River Lake watershed, Jeddore (57 lakes & ponds)
• Shallow Lakes dominated by macrophytes
• Sheet Harbour headwaters (7 lakes)
  
  
• Sheet Harbour- Northwest Arm headwaters (74 lakes & ponds)
• Ship Harbour River watershed (67 lakes, ponds & rivers)
• Shubenacadie River headwaters (61 lakes & ponds)
  • The Shubenacadie song (i.e., the Stonemason's song) on video followed by the Land of the Silver Birch
• St. Margarets Miscellaneous lakes (25 lakes & ponds)
  
  
• Sullivan's Pond watershed (4 lakes & ponds)
• Terence Bay River watershed (25 lakes & ponds)
• Western Region- miscellaneous
• Williams Lake watershed, Jollymore (2 lakes)
• Woodens River watershed (16 lakes)

Listing of lakes within watersheds and miscellaneous

Blind Bay headwaters, St. Margaret's Bay

• Flowchart (15 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Upper Trout, Lower Trout, Slough, Oak Hill, Porcupine Pd., Canaan, Powers, Mosers Hill, Hoop Pole, Otter, Barnframe, Murphys, Deep Cove, Lily, and Welsh

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Chezzetcook Inlet headwaters

• Flowchart (33 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Fox, Knowlan, Triplet, Pine, Otter, Gazette, Burnt, Lily Pad, Chezzetcook, R+pds., Gulf, Camp+North, Thompson, Elbow, Sole, Pine, Canoe, Thief, Conrod-1, Long Bridge, Grassy, PETPESWICK, Granite, Lac aux Pattes, CHEZZETCOOK, Roast, Miseners, Bell, Unnamed, Fiddle, Little, Petit Lac, Conrod-2, and Gaetz

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Clam Bay headwaters

• Flowchart (6 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Unnamed-1, Unnamed-2, Muskrat, Rabbit Hill, Grassy, and Abbiecombec

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Cole Harbour headwaters

• Flowchart (4 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Bottle, Nelson, Robinson, and Gammon

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Cow Bay River watershed

• Flowchart (8 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • SETTLE, BISSETT, PENHORN, RUSSELL, Topsail, Lamont, BELL, and MORRIS

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Dartmouth Miscellaneous (for other lakes in Dartmouth, see the individual watersheds)

• (5 lakes)
  • CRANBERRY, Martin, ALBRO, OATHILL, and MAYNARD
  • Other Dartmouth lakes are in the Cow Bay River, the Shubenacadie River, and the Sullivan's Pond watersheds

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East River (St Margarets) watershed

• Flowchart (10 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Lizard, TAYLOR, Patient Ross, STILLWATER, Flat, LAND OF LAZINESS, ELBOW, LEWIS, ROUND, and HUBLEY MILL

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Halibut Bay headwaters, Halifax Harbour

• Flowchart (7 ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Cranberry Pd., Little Latter Pd., Big Latter Pd., Davidsons Third Pd., Davidsons Second Pd., Davidsons First Pd., and Charley Pd.

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Hubbards Cove headwaters

• Flowchart (21 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Mountain, Camp, Rocky, Quacks, Brigley, Vinegar, Otter Pds., Marsh, Birch, Shoal Mountain, Deep Mountain, Centre, Little Kip Hill, Kip Hill, Caribou, Skinner, Pitch Pine, Duck Pd., Dauphinees Mill (Chester), Sawler (Chester), and Dorey

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Jeddore Harbour headwaters

• Flowchart (17 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Oyster Point, Ned, Leader, Little-2, Fish, Black Duck, Clearwater, Unnamed, Big Duck, Southeast Cove, Little-1, Oyster Pd., Newcombes, Porcupine, Bull, Gossard, and Abrahams

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Ketch Harbour headwaters

• Flowchart (11 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Clarks Pd., PORTUGUESE COVE, Little, Cranberry Pd., Fourth Pd., Unnamed Pd., Semmidinger Pd., Cocked Hat Pd., Third Pd., Second Pd., and First Pd.

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Lawrencetown Lake headwaters

• Flowcharts (62 lakes & ponds) [1] and [2]; Predictive TP models
  • O'Brien, Bell, Miller Brook, Little No Good, BECKWOOD, Little Camp, Camp, Cranberry, McKAY, Camphill + bogs, Nest River, WILLIAMS, Eureka, East, Wisdom Mill, Egg, Beckwith, New Found, Lamprey, Little Sixmile, Byron, Narrow, Tittle, Loon, Salmon R Long, Porcupine, Woody, Crowbar, Barren, OTTER, Blue, Sparks, Moose, Camp, West, Granite, Little Browns, McKay Pd., Browns, Jack Weeks, LEWIS, MARTIN, McCoys Pd., Duck, Griswold, Mountain, ECHO, No Good, Bear, Turtle, Little, Winder, EAGLE, Rodgers Duck, Decoy, Preston Long, Carter, Samson Carter Pd., Trimbel, Frog, and Little Gammon

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Little Salmon River headwaters

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  • Lake Major

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Moose Cove headwaters

• Flowchart (6 lakes & ponds)
  • Skull, Rocky, Billys Pd, Oak, Moose Cove L, and Bear Cove L.

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Mushaboom headwaters

• Flowchart (4 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Big Eastern, Grass, Mud, and East Mushaboom

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Musquodoboit Harbour watershed

• Flowchart (144 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • River-1, Unnamed-1, Crooked-1, Martin-1, Martin-2, Martin-3, Duke, Mc Grattans Pd, Devils Elbow, Lemmon, Little Teakettle, Cox Flowage, Upper Mill, Pot, Farnell, Mill-1, Pug, Hartshore, Moore, Sherlock, Dedication, Unnamed-2, 1st Pratt, 2nd Pratt, Jennings, Fraser-1, Fraser-2, Fraser-3, Dry, Mill-2, Mill-3, Unnamed-3, Unnamed-4, Watson, Unnamed-5, Unnamed-6, Lindsay, Brown-1, Brookvale, Mc Keen, Brown-2, Unnamed-7, Unnamed-8, Cooks, Unnamed-9, Unnamed-10, Crooked-2, Crocket, Cranberry, Little River, Grassy, Rocky-1, Shaw Big, Higgins, Reid, Unnamed-11, McMullin, Tully, Murphys, Milnes, Rocky-2, Otter, Eastern Run Waters, McCullough, DOLLAR, Mud Pd, John Brayden, Mystery, Little Rocky, Rocky-3, Bruce, Trout, Grant, Beaver, Clearwater, Big Pilgrim, Stillwater, Unnamed-12, Mitt, Red, Unnamed-13, Fuller, Eastern Run, Grand, Pot, Grassy, Lay, Unnamed-14, Unnamed-15, Christopher, Robinson, Hurley, Flat Iron, Roberts Little, River-2, Unnamed-16, Murphy, Unnamed-17, Drummer, Graham, George, Crow, Saddleback, Gillespie, Moose, Donkin, Loon, Blair, Gibraltar, Lawrence, Sherriff, Cove, Johnson, East, West, Centre, Water Lily, Mountain, Duck, Old Hrb Rd, White, Collins, Campbells Pd, Caribou, Sparrow, Granite, Turtle, Bayer, Unnamed-18, Eunice, Little, Unnamed-19, Unnamed-20, and Faulkner; and Williams, Oyster Pd., Paddys Duck Pd., Duck, Long, Frostfish Br., Dooks, Goose, Little, and Narrows

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Newcombe Brook (Ship Harbour) watershed

• Flowchart (19 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Green, Hatchet, Niagara, Unnamed, Otter, Trout, Phillips Boot, Black Duck, Spectacle, Otter-1, Otter-2, Long, Bare Rock, Brandy, Little, Lily Pd., Muskrat Pd., Pats Camp, and Newcombe

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Nine Mile River watershed, HRM

• Flowchart (32 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Thompsons Pd., Perrys Pd., COXS, Bartlett, Masons Mill Pd., Flat, SCHMIDT, BAPTIZING, Duck Pd., Second, Cranberry, Long-1, Maple, FRASER (urban), Morton, Long-2, Ash, Lewis, Ragged, Black Duck Pds. (Urban), Lovett (urban), GOVERNOR (urban), Six Mile, Half Mile (urban), Upper Marsh, Lower Marsh, Grassy, Upper Five Bridge, Middle Five Bridge, Big Five Bridge, Moores, and Gingerbread

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Northeast River watershed

• Flowchart (23 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Little Indian (East Hants), Deep (East Hants), Fifteen Minute (East Hants), Unnamed (East Hants), Sandford (East Hants), Fales (East Hants), West (East Hants), Island (East Hants), Bottle (East Hants), Lacey (East Hants), Peggys Pond (East Hants), POCKWOCK, Little Pockwock, Beaver Pd., Clay, Green, Thompson Pd., Thompson, Cooper, Anderson, WRIGHTS, Bull Pd., and Coon Pd.

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Papermill Lake watershed

• Flowchart (22 lakes & Ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Little Horseshoe, Three Finger, Big Horseshoe, Flat, Little Cranberry, Big Cranberry, Crane, Ash, SUSIES, Fox, QUARRY, Charlies, Charlies Pd., Belchers Pd., WASHMILL, Little Kearney, McQuade, Hobsons Pd., Hobsons, KEARNEY, Jack, and PAPERMILL

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Pennant River watershed

• Flowchart (46 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Narrow, Sheas, Silver, Doyles, RUN, Round, Cranberry, French, Bayer, Lizard, Bennett, Snowshoe, BLUFF, MOODY, Harry, First, Second, Dryhill, Little Cranberry, Secret, Halfmoon, Frederick, Weaver Hole, Sandy, Ragged, Fourth Pd., Third Pd., Little Burnthill, Little Trout, Burnthill, Fish Br. Pd., SPRUCE HILL, Weavers North, Weavers South, HENRY, Donovan Pd., Governors (or Parr), Grovers, Mud, Rocky Pd., Unnamed Pd-1, Grover, Unnamed Pd-2, Sheehan, Little Pd., and Grand

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Petpeswick Inlet headwaters

• Flowchart (24 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Grassy, Howe, Bottle, Quaver, Drews Trout Pd., Little Moose, Crawford, Sugar Camp, Church-1, Roy, Farquhars, Bear, Julien Pd., Duck, Church-2, PACES, Scots, Scots Pd., Mill Pd., Dark, Catcha, Goose, Round, and Young

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Porters Lake watershed

• Flowchart (39 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • North, Meadow Bk., Dark Pd., Horseshoe, No Good, Round, Grassy, West Bk., Deadman, Hilltop, Deadman Is. Bk., Cousins, Ledwidge, Dark, Rocky, Y, Clump, Griswold, East Bk., Robert, Rocky, Trout, Trout Bk., PORTERS-UPPER, Little, Forked Pd., Long Pd., Rocky, Grassy, Round, Grand, Mill, Teal Pd., Figure Eight, Caribou, Goose, Snow, Smelt Bk., and PORTERS-LOWER

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Powers Pond watershed

• Flowchart (17 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Bayers, Cranberry Pd., Witherod, Hail Pd., LONG, KIDSTON, Unnamed Pd., Roachs Pd., Flat, Duck Pd., Sheehan Pd., LONG Pd., West Pine Island Pd., Upper Mud Pd., East Pine Island Pd., Lower Mud Pd., and Powers Pd.

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Prospect River watershed

• Flowchart (11 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Ragged, Blueberry, OTTER, Dick, BIG INDIAN, Little Indian, Nichols, McDonald, Fiddle, Pantaloon, and WHITES

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Sackville River watershed

• Flowchart (17 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • PENTZ (East Hants), Yellow Lily, Duck Pd., LEWIS, Beaver-1, TOMAHAWK, HALFWAY, Beaver Pd., BOTTLE, Beaver-2, Sandy (Hammonds Plains), LITTLE SPRINGFIELD, Drain, McCABE, WEBBER, SANDY (Bedford), and Marsh

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Salmon River Lake watershed, Jeddore

• Flowcharts (57 lakes & ponds) [I] and [II]
  • Spider, Red, Big Tom, Scrabble, Hard Scrabble, North West, McCaffrey, Unnamed-1, Pine, McCaffrey Long, Dilman, Rocky-1, Piney, Duck Pd, Catamaran-1, Catamaran-2, Rocky-2, Fuller, Officer's Camp, Brooks-1, Byron, Brooks-2, Little Tom, Wildcat, ADMIRAL, Pine Grove, Otter Pd, Poplar, Spoon, Unnamed-2, Hartman, Bell, Portapique, Fishing, Horseshoe, Moose Pd, Rabbits, Lily Pd, Unnamed-3, Little Rock, Unnamed-4, Moose, Round, Mud, Skull Pd, East, Western R. Pd, Richardson, Eastern R. Pd, Dooks Pd, Rocky-3, Logging, Logging Pd, Tomson, Round Pd, Maskell Pd, and SALMON RIVER LAKE

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Sheet Harbour headwaters

• Flowchart (7 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Caps, Keefe, Lindsay, Fraser, Gaspereaux, GRAND, and West

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Sheet Harbour- Northwest Arm headwaters

• Flowcharta (74 lakes & ponds) [I] and [II]
  • Sand, Burke, Cope Flowage, Kent-1, Upper Fisher, Fisher, Pat, Grassy-1, Rocky Brook, Unnamed-1, Unnamed-2, Upper Beaver, Middle Beaver, Lower Beaver, Kent-2, River, McGregor, Cope Pd, Brandon, Tent, Lawlor, Upper-1, Upper-2, Unnamed-3, West, Crusher, Unnamed-4, Mud-1, Tait, Unnamed-5, Jakes, Mud-2, Lake Dan, Unnamed-6, Unnamed-7, Black Brook, Unnamed-8, Unnamed-9, Unnamed-10, Yellow, Butler, First Essen, Second Essen, Grassy-2, Rocky-1, Lucifer, Otter, Upper Kidney, Lower Kidney, Atlanta, Unnamed-11, Unnamed-12, Southwest, Grassy-3, Unnamed-13, Unnamed-14, Blackie, Lake Alma, Unnamed-15, Unnamed-16, Union Dam, Nowlan, Unnamed-17, Unnamed-18, Sam Northwest, Long, Sam Northeast, Sam Grassy, Sam, Rocky-2, Unnamed-19, Falls West Hill, Sheet Harbour Lake, and Coon

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Ship Harbour River watershed

• Flowcharts (67 lakes, ponds & rivers) [1] and [2]; Predictive TP models
  • Mud, Burkner, Black Duck, Long, McLeod, Dollar, Keith (Ryder), Butcher, Grassy, Fairbank, Grassy, Long, Moose R., Square, Cope, Rocky, Philip, Boot, Loon Pd., Scraggy, South Twin, North Twin, Dreadnought, Melvin, Sucker, Shea L. Br., Maple Hill, Ash Hill, (Upper) Fish R., Big Ass, Gold, Stillwater, Faulkner, (Lower) Fish R., Trout, Big, Loon, Shaw, Little, Cranberry, Ship Harbour Long, Little Hartman, Mitchells Hill, South, Dry, Island, Flat, Mill Br., Porcupine Pd., Little Lily Pd., Sal Pd., Webber, Hook, Level Spot, CHARLOTTE, Second, Little Mud, Grassy-1, Cranberry, Spider, Dam, Duck, Grassy-2, Unnamed-1, Unnamed-2, Mikes Flowage, Bait, Cowan Mill Pd., and Weeks

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Shubenacadie River headwaters

• Flowchart (61 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Preeper Big, King/Queen, Juniper, Rocky, L. Red Trout, Granite, L. Soldier, SOLDIER, MILLER, CRANBERRY, LOON, CHARLES, Spriggs, Skerry Pd., FIRST, ROCKY, SECOND, THIRD, THREE MILE, POWDER MILL, WILLIAM, Willis, Perry, Muddy Pd., THOMAS, A, Lizard-1, FLETCHER, SPRINGFIELD, Lisle, Wilson, Horseshoe, FENERTY, LEWIS, SAVAGE, Nicholson, Square, Hamilton, TUCKER, Hawkin Hall, Rasley, Duck, Cranberry, Sandy, Crotched, BEAVERBANK, BARRETT, Duck Pd., Beaver Pd., KINSAC, FISH, Kelly Long, Kelly, Golden, Haunted, Lizard-2, Oak, Ash, Whites, Rocky-1, and Shubenacadie GRAND (Wellington)
• The Shubenacadie song (i.e., the Stonemason's song) on video followed by the Land of the Silver Birch

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St. Margarets Miscellaneous lakes

• Flowchart (25 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Brine, Fraser, Unnamed Pd., Little, Boutiliers, Nowlan, Unnamed-2, Forth, Unnamed-1, Selena Pd., Third, Peggys Cove Long, Second, First, Long Canal, Canal, Little Chain, Big Chain, Grassy, Powers, Long, Corneys, Corneys Little, St Margarets Bay Long, and Big

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Sullivan's Pond watershed

• Flowchart (4 lakes & ponds)
  • CHARLES, MICMAC, BANOOK, and Sullivan's Pond

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Terence Bay River watershed

• Flowchart (25 lakes & ponds); Predictive TP models
  • Peters, Flat, Back, HATCHET, McGRATH, Loon, Duck, Moosehorn, Third, Fourth, Muskrat Pd., Porcupine Pd., Shellbird, Dadies, Little, Little Brophy, Brophys Back, Long Pd., Brophys Front, Quarry, Unnamed-1, Unnamed-2, Unnamed-3, Whale Cove, and Round Pd.

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Western Region- miscellaneous, HRM

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Williams Lake watershed, Jollymore

• Flowchart (2 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • COLPITT, and WILLIAMS

Woodens River watershed

• Flowchart (16 lakes); Predictive TP models
  • Upper Sheldrake, Camp Hill, SHELDRAKE, Pot, CRANBERRY, Black Point, Frederick, LIZARD, FIVE ISLAND, Birch Hill, HUBLEY BIG, Long, Croucher, Gates, Millyard, and Albert Bridge

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