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Cain Lake is located 9.5 miles southeast of Bellingham. It is fed by Reed Lake, and drains via Silver Creek to the Samish River. Cain Lake is also referred to as Windemere Lake on some older maps.
Size (acres) 72 Maximum Depth (feet) 62 Mean Depth (feet) 30 Lake Volume (acre-feet) 2160 Drainage Area (square miles) 3.32 Altitude (feet) 391 Shoreline Length (miles) 1.7
Source of morphometric data: Water Supply Bulletins 42, 43, and 57.
VOLUNTEER-COLLECTED SECCHI DATA ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date Temperature Water %Cloud Recent Secchi Lake (Y/M/D) (C) (F) pH Color Cover Rain Wind (ft) Ht(in) Abbrev. Comments ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STATION 1 95/05/20 0 20.0 0.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LABORATORY RESULTS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total Total Fecal Col. Bacteria Turb- Suspended Solids Phosphorus Nitrogen Chlorophyll (colonies/100 mL) idity Total Non-Volatile Color Date Strata (ug/L) (mg/L) (ug/L) Site 1 Site 2 (NTU) (mg/L) (mg/L) (Pt-Co) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STATION 1 95/05/20 E 7 1.27 2.1 95/05/20 H 11 1.35 95/09/05 E 7 0.73 1.6 95/09/05 H 8 0.73 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E=epilimnion composite, H=hypolimnion composite. Remarks codes: U = Below detection limits; J = Estimate.
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER SURVEY There was no survey response for 1995. FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF ECOLOGY STAFF Summer Secchi reading was 19.8 feet.
TROPHIC STATUS Estimated Trophic State: Oligotrophic Mean Trophic State Index (Secchi): 34N* (Oligotrophic) Mean Trophic State Index (Total Phosphorus): 32 (Oligotrophic) Mean Trophic State Index (Chlorophyll a): 37 (Oligotrophic) *The calculated TSI is an estimate. The Secchi disk hit bottom (B), entered the weeds (W), or there were too few valid readings (N), or the calculation was based on qualified data (J), or TSIP was based on spring data (S).
SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF TROPHIC STATE ASSESSMENT Cain Lake exhibited most of the characteristics noted for oligotrophic lakes, most notibly, its water clarity which was quite impressive for such a relatively small and shallow lake. This lake is thereby classified as oligotrophic.
COMMENTS FROM 96/08/14 AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY partly sunny, calm. Lots of male Vallisneria flowers on surface, also what looked like some blue-green algae. Patches with thick plants, tho many areas with few plants. Nice shoreline along much of lake in spite of development. lots of ducks in northern end. Maximum depth of plant growth: 2.0M.
AQUATIC PLANT LIST (This list may be from multiple years and sources.) Brasenia schreberi (watershield) Callitriche sp. (water-starwort) Carex sp. (sedge) Ceratophyllum demersum (Coontail; hornwort) Elodea canadensis (common elodea) Equisetum sp. (horse tail) Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) Isoetes sp. (quillwort) Juncus sp. (rush) Juncus sp. or Eleocharis sp. (small grass-like plants) Najas flexilis (common naiad) Nuphar polysepala (spatter-dock, yellow water-lily) Nymphaea odorata (fragrant waterlily) Phalaris arundinacia (reed canarygrass) Potentilla palustris (purple (marsh) cinquefoil) Ranunculus aquatilis (water-buttercup) Scirpus sp. (bulrush) Sparganium angustifolium (narrowleaf bur-reed) Typha sp. (cat-tail) Utricularia sp. (bladderwort) Vallisneria americana (water celery) unknown plant (unknown)
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