Dataset

Big Rideau Lake Water Quality

Dataset by Big Rideau Lake Association

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 1 July 2018

    Big Rideau Lake deep water, northwest of Tar Island by William Grant Leslie

    Total Chlorine 3 Sunny Hot and Humid...wind South 6 kms Moderate rain event in the proceeding 24 hours Couldn't see the bottom .....depth probably in excess of 80 feet

  • 30 June 2018

    Rideau Ferry Marina by Doris Albert

    Weedy bottom Sunny cloudy hot humid ,sudden raining Total chlorine 1 Lots of algae bloom

  • 30 June 2018

    BRLA - McCleans Bay by Doris Albert

    Weedy bottom Total chlorine 1 Wind south 6knots Hot humid sunny cloudy Moderate rain at 4:40 am

  • 22 June 2018

    Rideau Ferry Marina by Doris Albert

    Green algae blooms small amounts seen Calm , slightly cloudy Weed stems floating Total chlorine 1

  • 22 June 2018

    BRLA - McCleans Bay by Doris Albert

    Total chlorine 1 Calm slightly cloudy 2 flying swans

  • 17 June 2018

    Len's Cove Marina, Portland, on the Big Rideau by Ann White

    The water was brown and murky with quite a bit of silt. One 20 pontoon boat arrived and moored in slips along the edge of the channel. A small aluminum boat motored past. There are numerous boats moored in slips along the edge of the bay.

  • 17 June 2018

    Big Rideau Lake off of Campbell St by Ann White

    The bottom wasn't visible. The water was dark brown and full of silt. There were clumps of bright green algae and weeds clumped together floating on the surface in rafts about 2 - 3 m across. See image.

  • 17 June 2018

    Portland, Bayview Marina at Big Rideau Lake by Ann White

  • 17 June 2018

    Big Rideau Lake, across from Sheep Island by Ann White

    The bottom was clearly visible. There was a light breeze today compared to the last test when it was windy and a bit wavy.

  • 17 June 2018

    Ironwoods Bay by Ann White

    Water was clear. Weeds beginning to grow up from the bottom.

  • 15 June 2018

    Big Rideau Lake - end of Noble's Bay by Sam Woods

    Canada goose and babies, 3 lb bass, 5 vultures. chloride reading of 0.5ppm moved to "chlorine" by admin

  • 3 June 2018

    Ironwoods Bay by Ann White

    Test site at the mouth of bay fed by a stream that runs all year. The stream runs from a pond created by a dam on a property upstream about 200 meters from the bay. The opening of the bay is seen in centre of the image.