Favourable Lake
52.8735° N, 93.9316° W
Depth contours from the 1978 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Favourable Lake, Ontario. 52.8735° N, 93.9316° W
Maximum depth 12 m (1978 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/favourable-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.
- 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).
- Guide to Eating Ontario Fish: Advisory Database, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Favourable Lake is 12 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 68% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 71.4 km² and lies 28 km north of Deer Lake.
- Maximum depth
- 12 msurveyed 1978
- shallower than 68% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 71.4 km²
- larger than 99% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 166 km
- longer than 99% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 283 m
Today on the water
0.1 °C
Observed at Sandy Lake, as of 4:00 a.m. CDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 7 a.m., wind from the southeast: the southeast shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northwest 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 | var. 5 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 30 | E 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
Tonight: Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Sandy Lake (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:56 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:31 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:33 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:07 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:23 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:52 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
29% of Favourable Lake 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 from 1978 records a maximum depth of 12 m, drawn from 120 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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