page_title: Black Lake (Nova Scotia)
section_title: Cumberland County
hierarchical_section_title: Black Lake (Nova Scotia) / Cumberland County
caption_attribution_description: English: Guysborough County
context_page_description: There are various Black Lakes in Nova Scotia, Canada. They vary widely in size, depth and usability. Many counties, such as Cumberland, Halifax, Inverness, and Pictou Counties have more than one Black Lake so named, while other counties mentioned in this article have only one named Black Lake.
context_section_description: There are two Black Lakes in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
  One is located at 45.47139°N 64.27333°W.
  This is the deepest lake in the province, with a depth of 72 metres (236 ft)
  The lake is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) northeast of Parrsboro.  Fish include brown trout, white perch and smallmouth bass.
  The lake is surrounded by nutrient poor coniferous forest dominated by black spruce canopy, with high shrub and sphagnum moss cover.
  As of 2005 there was a woodlot near the lake with about 200 specimens of the economically valuable Northern White Cedar.
  The other Black Lake in Cumberland county is located at 45.703422°N 63.929793°W between Springhill and Oxford.
  As of 2010 about 200 eastern white cedars were present near the lake in a mixedwood and old field environment, with the oldest tree 148 years of age.
caption: Location of Guysborough County.
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