Birch Cove Lakes
44.6657° N, 63.6892° W
Birch Cove Lakes, Nova Scotia. 44.6657° N, 63.6892° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/ns/birch-cove-lakes/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Birch Cove Lakes covers 1.42 km², Nova Scotia. It lies 8.2 km west of Halifax.
- Area
- 1.42 km²
- Shoreline
- 25.4 km
- Elevation
- 75 m
Today on the water
12 °C
Observed at Halifax, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Wind from the west: the west shore is the sheltered side.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 |
Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Clearing overnight. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening then becoming west 20 near midnight. Low 9.
Weather: Halifax (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:53 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:22 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:40 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:09 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:11 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Halifax Downtown, as of 4:00 a.m. ADT
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