{"id":10555,"date":"2024-10-05T09:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?page_id=10555"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T11:01:32","slug":"halifax-area-lakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/misc\/halifax-area-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Area Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Average annual precipitation, by ecoprovince, 1979 to 2016, partial screen capture. Click on image for larger versions. Go to Statcan<\/a> for the full map<\/p><\/div>\n

Halifax area lakes are, collectively, incredibly well and in many regards, uniquely studied.\u00a0 It’s no coincidence. Flying east from central Canada – from the prairie provinces – one sees an ever increasing density and cover by lakes, culminating in Nova Scotia. That corresponds to precipitation patterns.\u00a0 NS (Nova Scotia), or the NS “Ecoprovince” is a very wet place!<\/p>\n

…. amongst those is Sandy Lake, descibed in 1971 as “probably one of the finest fresh
\nwater lakes in the Halifax-Dartmouth area”<\/p>\n

Natural Environment Survey: A description of the intrinsic values in the natural environment around Halifax-Dartmouth
\nby P.B. Dean, Wildlife Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service Dept. of Indian Affairs &Northern Dev. & D.B. Lister, Fishery Biologist, Resource Development Branch
\nDept. of Fisheries &Forestry. April 1971. View Extracts related to Sandy Lake<\/a><\/p>\n

Search Halifax area lakes are incredibly well studied<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/pub\/11-402-x\/2010000\/chap\/geo\/tbl\/tbl07-eng.htmTable 15.7 Land and freshwater area, by province and territory<\/p>\n

Not highest by cover, Ontario and Manitoba,.but… by density,<\/p>\n

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Lakes in the Atlantic Provinces<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atlantic provinces lie in a region of ancient mountains, a northern extension of the Appalachians. This land was also heavily glaciated. The many lakes in areas underlain by hard igneous<\/a> or metamorphosed rocks closely resemble the lakes of the Shield. More permeable sedimentary rocks underlie eastern NB, northwestern NS and PEI; hence, fewer lakes occur in these areas. Many small coastal lakes occur in NS. https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/lake<\/p>\n

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Smallest and shallowest… exc Plains (slews etc)<\/p>\n

A social-ecological geography of southern Canadian Lakes<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/369223337_A_social-ecological_geography_of_southern_Canadian_Lakes\/link\/64109dafa1b72772e4f94f6a\/download<\/p>\n

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