Map of Clean Lake with depth contours

Clean Lake

45.2486° N, 78.5275° W

Depth contours from the 1971 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Clean Lake is 42.7 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 90% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 1.58 km² and lies 11 km northwest of Fort Irwin.

Maximum depth
42.7 msurveyed 1971
deeper than 90% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
Area
1.58 km²
larger than 77% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Shoreline
6.6 km
longer than 60% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Water clarity
9 mSecchi depth, 2015
clearer than 99% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
Elevation
377 m

Today on the water

4 °C

Wind calm

Observed at Oxtongue Lake, as of 5:00 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
Time6 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/hW 15W 15NW 30NW 30NW 15var. 5var. 5var. 5
Gusts km/h5050
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.20.20.1
Temp. °C359121161-2
Precip. %4040402020000

Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 13. UV index 4 or moderate.

Weather: Oxtongue Lake (local forecast), as of 5:03 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:52 a.m.
Sunrise
7:22 a.m.
Sunset
6:39 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:08 p.m.
Moonrise
6:14 a.m.
Moonset
5:57 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Dorset, as of 4:00 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.

Depth

22% of Clean Lake is shallower than 3 m, and 31% is deeper than 20 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 from 1971 records a maximum depth of 42.7 m, drawn from 13 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 2 years between 2004 and 2015; the latest annual mean is 9 m.

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