Morris Lake is the longest and deepest lake in Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia's
Halifax Regional Municipality reaching depth of 50ft in the middle and 14 to 25ft in most other parts of the lake.
Bordering the communities of
Dartmouth Dartmouth may refer to:
Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
,
Shearwater and
Cole Harbour.
The lake is bounded by Shearwater and
Portland Estates on the west, Cole Harbour on the east and south, and
Portland Hills on the north. The shoreline is mostly developed on the northwest end. The
Dartmouth Refinery
The Dartmouth Refinery is a former oil refinery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, owned by Imperial Oil. It was located on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour, and the crude oil arrived via ship. It covered some south of central Dartmouth, with th ...
on the shore of
Halifax Harbour draws water from the lake for cooling. CFB Shearwater also uses a portion of the lake for helicopter practice manoeuvres and it also maintains a small recreational beach.
Recreational areas
*Macdonalds Beach
CFB Shearwater
*Kiwanis Park Beach
Other lakes of the same name in Nova Scotia
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Guysborough County
Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
Taking its name from the Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, 1st B ...
at
References
Morris Lake
Landforms of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lakes of Nova Scotia
Landforms of Halifax County, Nova Scotia
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