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West Lake

44.8693° N, 63.8189° W

West Lake, Nova Scotia. 44.8693° N, 63.8189° W

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/ns/west-lake/, 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).

West Lake covers 0.54 km², Nova Scotia. It lies 31 km northwest of Halifax.

Area
0.54 km²
Shoreline
6.5 km
Elevation
140 m

Today on the water

12.4 °C

Wind WSW 16 km/h

Observed at Windsor, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT

Wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is the sheltered side.

Time6 a.m.9 a.m.12 p.m.3 p.m.6 p.m.9 p.m.12 a.m.
Wind km/hW 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20
Gusts km/h40404040
Temp. °C912151615139
Precip. %0006060600

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: Windsor (local forecast), as of 1:01 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:23 a.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:10 p.m.
Moonrise
6:12 a.m.
Moonset
5:58 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Halifax Downtown, as of 5:00 a.m. ADT