Caribou Lake
46.3712° N, 83.0721° W
Depth contours from the government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Caribou Lake, Ontario. 46.3712° N, 83.0721° W
Maximum depth 12 m. Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/caribou-lake-near-blind-river/, 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.
- Bathymetry lines and survey index, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 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).
Caribou Lake is 12 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 68% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 1.95 km² and lies 9.1 km northeast of Skibo.
- Maximum depth
- 12 m
- shallower than 68% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 1.95 km²
- larger than 80% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 7.3 km
- longer than 64% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 229 m
Today on the water
10 °C
Observed at Blind River, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 | SE 10 | E 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm after midnight. Low 7.
Weather: Blind River (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:41 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:56 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:26 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:34 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:15 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
22% of Caribou Lake is shallower than 3 m, and 65% is deeper than 5 m.
How to read it: the lake’s area is sorted from the shore to the deepest point. Where the curve is flat, large areas share one depth (flats and weed beds); where it drops, depth changes quickly (drop-offs).
The government depth survey records a maximum depth of 12 m, drawn from 6 depth contours.
- Download the depth map (SVG)Printing this page gives the map on one sheet, with scale and sources.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
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