Blacketts Lake

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Blacketts Lake
Location Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Coordinates 46°4′7″N 60°18′28″W / 46.06861°N 60.30778°W / 46.06861; -60.30778Coordinates: 46°4′7″N 60°18′28″W / 46.06861°N 60.30778°W / 46.06861; -60.30778
Primary outflows Sydney River
Basin countries Canada
Surface area 187 ha [1]:6
Max. depth 25 m [2]

Blacketts Lake is a lake of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Sydney River watershed. The lake and river are home to the northernmost known population of Yellow lampmussel.[1]:6

Characteristics

The water in the upper Sydney River watershed is alkaline. Flow in Blacketts Lake is imperceptible except at a road bridge and causeway on Blacketts Lake Road. During winter, the lake tends to freeze except for areas of fast flow near the bridge and the mouths of brooks. [1]:8

See also

  • List of lakes in Nova Scotia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2009), "Management Plan for the Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in Canada [Proposed]" (PDF), Species at Risk Act Management Plan Series, Ottawa: Fisheries and Oceans Canada 
  2. ↑ Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture (PDF). Blacketts Lake, Cape Breton County (Map). http://www.gov.ns.ca/fish/sportfishing/lakeinventory/1-CB-blacketts.pdf. Retrieved July 16, 2012.


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