Observation

Lakeside Park Beach - North Shore

Lake Huron

Lake

October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy
    • Windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Swimming

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Urban/road discharge, Other

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

  • Water depth

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    0.5 m

Chemistry tests

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.5

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    80 ppm

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    180 μS/cm

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    18 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    19 °C

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

Notes

On sept 30, may have seen a very small lamprey. I didn’t have my phone, so I couldn’t take a picture, and I tried to catch it, but I couldn’t