Gaspereau Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Gaspereau Lake
image_lake = Gaspereau_lake.jpg
caption_lake = View from north shore
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location = Kings County, Nova Scotia
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outflow = Gaspereau River
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basin_countries = Canada
length = 12 km
width = 7 km
area = 22 km²
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shore = 55 km
elevation = 185 m
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Gaspereau Lake is a lake in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada,about 10 km south of the town of Kentville, Nova Scotia on the South Mountain.It is the largest lake in Kings County, and the fifth largest lake in Nova Scotia. [ [http://gov.ns.ca/nse/water/surfacewater/docs/NSMuseum_FreshwaterEnvironments.pdf Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History: Freshwater Environments (PDF) p 160] ] The lake is shallow with dozens of forested islands and hundreds of rocky islets ("skerries)".

The water level of the lake is controlled by Nova Scotia Power.At the natural outlet to the Gaspereau River,in the north-east corner of the lake, there is a control dam and fish ladder.Another control dam at the south-east corner of the lake controls outflow to a canal which diverts water to Hydroelectricitystations on the lower sections of the Gaspereau River system. [ [http://www.county.kings.ns.ca/comdev/lakemon/lake_history_text.htm History of the Gaspereau Watershed] ]

In late spring the namesake fish, "gaspereau"(Alewife) migrate from the ocean up the Gaspereau River, and spawn in the shallow waters of Gaspereau Lake.

References

External links

* [http://www.county.kings.ns.ca/comdev/lakemon/lakes.htm King County Lake Monitoring Program]