Map of Bird Lake

Bird Lake

45.0433° N, 79.0648° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Bird Lake covers 0.62 km², making it larger than 56% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 3.6 km north of Lakewood.

Area
0.62 km²
larger than 56% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Shoreline
6 km
longer than 57% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Water clarity
2 mSecchi depth, 2004
less clear than 86% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
Elevation
306 m

Today on the water

8.2 °C

Mostly CloudyWind NNW 11 km/h

Observed at Bracebridge, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time4 a.m.7 a.m.10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.1 a.m.
Wind km/hW 15W 15W 15NW 30NW 30NW 15var. 5var. 5
Gusts km/h5050
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.10.2
Temp. °C45812141163
Precip. %40404040202000

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: Bracebridge (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:55 a.m.
Sunrise
7:24 a.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:11 p.m.
Moonrise
6:16 a.m.
Moonset
6:00 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Dorset, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Water

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 13 years between 1992 and 2004; the latest annual mean is 2 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)