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Narrative on lakes/rivers mostly within the Halifax Regional Municipality

September 23, 2007    

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Table of Contents:

• Water quality;  Government departments;  Select articles in the media

• Natural Resources

• Overview map of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) ... a large document

• Example lakes/rivers of present concern, or of imminent development pressures: Kearney, Halifax; Morris, Dartmouth; Papermill, Bedford; Russell, Dartmouth; and Sandy, Hammonds Plains!

Watersheds, recreational uses, and miscellaneous

• 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)
• Eastern Shore miscellaneous, HRM
• Fisheries and Recreational Uses
• 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)
  • Bedford West
• 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)
• Recreational Uses
• Sackville River watershed (17 lakes & ponds)
• Salmon River Lake watershed, Jeddore (57 lakes & ponds)

• Shallow Lakes dominated by macrophytes!
  • First ever research project in Nova Scotia utilizing the Lake Evaluation Index (LEI) developed by USEPA's Corvallis Research Lab!
• 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)

Water Quality

Select scientific modelling and chemical/biological limnology are part of our miscellaneous archives!

Also see `Percent change in urban land use and indicators of stress' (cf. Mandell, 1994)

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Government departments:

• Our select dealings with the Nova Scotia Department of Environment & Labour (NSEL)
  • Our persistent recommendations to set up a credible Lakes Authority staffed with qualified limnologists inclusive of accredited lake managers at the Department!
  • .... and the graceful acknowledgement from the Hon. David Morse w.r.t. the lack of a limnologist, i.e., a specialist in freshwaters, on the staff of his Department!

• Our select dealings with the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
  • Our solution for the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) by setting up a credible Lakes Authority to work with lake stakeholders as well as with proponents to achieve sustainable development for the present and future generations!
  • Our numerous submissions to the municipal units and to the Regional Planning strategy

• Our submissions to the Water Resources Management Strategies (WRMS) of the N.S. Dept. of Environment, and of the Halifax Regional Municipality

• An all-encompassing letter from DFO's Management outlining its responsibilities!

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Listing of lakes within watersheds and miscellaneous

Blind Bay headwaters, St. Margaret's Bay

• Flowchart (15 lakes & ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Unnamed-1, Unnamed-2, Muskrat, Rabbit Hill, Grassy, and Abbiecombec

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Cole Harbour headwaters

• Flowchart (4 lakes)

  • Bottle, Nelson, Robinson, and Gammon

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Cow Bay River watershed

• Flowchart (8 lakes)

  • SETTLE, BISSETT, PENHORN, RUSSELL, Topsail, Lamont, BELL, and MORRIS

  • The first ever study in Nova Scotia utilizing the Lake Evaluation Index (LEI) developed by the USEPA's Corvallis Research Lab- a superb year-2002 class project of Dalhousie University on Bissett and Russell lakes, Dartmouth

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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)

  • Lizard, TAYLOR, Patient Ross, STILLWATER, Flat, LAND OF LAZINESS, ELBOW, LEWIS, ROUND, and HUBLEY MILL

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Eastern Shore miscellaneous, HRM

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Halibut Bay headwaters, Halifax Harbour

• Flowchart (7 ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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]

  • 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

• ... under development ...

  • 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)

  • Big Eastern, Grass, Mud, and East Mushaboom

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Musquodoboit Harbour watershed

• Flowchart (144 lakes & ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • Westgate Community, Timberlea

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Northeast River watershed

• Flowchart (23 lakes & ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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

• Bedford West, one billion dollar development

  "520-hectare (1,284-acre) development, now just woods and rocks, will be bordered by Highway 102 and Hammonds Plains Road in the east and bisected by Kearney Lake Road. It extends west of the old Bedford town line to Ragged Lake."; September 20, 2002

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Pennant River watershed

• Flowchart (46 lakes & ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

• Concerns re Lower Porters Lake

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Powers Pond watershed

• Flowchart (17 lakes & ponds)

  • 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.

• McIntosh Run

• Governor's Brook development, Mainland South, HRM

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Prospect River watershed, HRM

• Flowchart (11 lakes)

  • Ragged, Blueberry, OTTER, Dick, BIG INDIAN, Little Indian, Nichols, McDonald, Fiddle, Pantaloon, and WHITES

• Otter Lake Regional Landfill

• Western Common Land Use Plan

• Westgate Community, Timberlea

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Sackville River watershed

• Flowchart (17 lakes & ponds)

  • 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

• Select archives of the Sackville Rivers Advisory Board (SRAB)

• Little Sackville River Sediment Monitoring Program

• Landfill, Middle Sackville, select historical archives

• Sandy Lake, Hammonds Plains:-- ... remarkable accelerated eutrophication during 1996-1999, a process which takes tens of thousands of years, if at all, in an undisturbed state!

• Year-2002 fish kills

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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)

  • 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]

  • 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)

  • 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

• On the right is the famous dragon head which is hard to miss when driving beside Miller Lake on the highway to Truro (courtesy of Councillor Krista Snow)!

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St. Margarets Miscellaneous lakes

• Flowchart (25 lakes & ponds)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • COLPITT, and WILLIAMS

Woodens River watershed

• Flowchart (16 lakes)

  • 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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