Chapleau Lake
47.8637° N, 83.361° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Chapleau Lake, Ontario. 47.8637° N, 83.361° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/chapleau-lake/, 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).
Chapleau Lake covers 2.79 km², making it larger than 86% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 2.3 km northeast of Chapleau.
- Area
- 2.79 km²
- larger than 86% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 25.5 km
- longer than 91% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 3.5 mSecchi depth, 2005
- less clear than 51% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 423 m
Today on the water
3.7 °C
Observed at Chapleau, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 11 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 15 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | var. 5 | S 10 | var. 5 | SE 15 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Chapleau (local forecast), as of 9:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:13 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:44 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:56 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:27 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:35 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:15 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 5 years between 2000 and 2005; the latest annual mean is 3.5 m.