Bass Lake
48.6564° N, 88.7361° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Bass Lake, Ontario. 48.6564° N, 88.7361° W
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borealbound.ca/lakes/on/bass-lake-near-loon/, 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.
- Fisheries Management Zones, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- Lake Partner Program, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Bass Lake covers 0.54 km², making it larger than 52% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 2.8 km northeast of Loon.
- Area
- 0.54 km²
- larger than 52% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 4.7 km
- shorter than 53% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 3.4 mSecchi depth, 2010
- less clear than 55% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 318 m
Today on the water
-1.3 °C
Observed at Dorion, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 6 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | var. 5 | S 10 | S 10 | SE 10 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Dorion (local forecast), as of 5:07 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:06 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:17 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Thunder Bay, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
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Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 7 years between 2003 and 2010; the latest annual mean is 3.4 m.
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