Map of Lac Caché

Lac Caché

46.46° N, 80.0986° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Lac Caché covers 2 km², making it larger than 81% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 3 km west of West Nipissing.

Area
2 km²
larger than 81% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Shoreline
12.5 km
longer than 79% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
Water clarity
1.6 mSecchi depth, 2002
less clear than 93% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
Elevation
242 m

Today on the water

4 °C

CloudyWind WNW 8 km/h

Observed at West Nipissing, as of 5:00 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.

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 10NW 20NW 20NW 20NW 10var. 5SE 10SE 10
Gusts km/h40
Waves (est.) m0.10.20.20.20.1
Temp. °C45101312843
Precip. %303020200000

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: West Nipissing (local forecast), as of 5:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:59 a.m.
Sunrise
7:29 a.m.
Sunset
6:44 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:14 p.m.
Moonrise
6:21 a.m.
Moonset
6:03 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

North Bay, 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.

Water

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 4 years between 1999 and 2002; the latest annual mean is 1.6 m.

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