Lac Deschênes
45.37° N, 75.8527° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac Deschênes, Ontario. 45.37° N, 75.8527° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/lac-deschenes/, 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.
- Aquatic Resource Area survey points, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
- Fishing access points, 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).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac Deschênes covers 71.1 km², making it larger than 99% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies beside Lakeview Park.
Government surveys have recorded 35 fish species here, including channel catfish, pumpkinseed and northern pike.
- Area
- 71.1 km²
- larger than 99% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 81.8 km
- longer than 97% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Fish species
- 35
- more than 99% of the 2,454 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 54 m
Today on the water
6 °C
Observed at Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans), as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
rough Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.6 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 15 | W 15 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 15 | NW 10 | NW 10 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 14. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) (local forecast), as of 6:07 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:42 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:58 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:03 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:47 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Ottawa, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 104 government surveys (2013–2020) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (19)
Forage fish
- Spottail Shiner 14
- Emerald Shiner 8
- Logperch 6
- Bluntnose Minnow 3
- Eastern Silvery Minnow 2
- Fallfish 2
- Iowa Darter 2
- Brook Silverside 1
- Tessellated Darter 1
Other
- American Eel 29
- Longnose Gar 23
- Brown Bullhead 12
- Common Carp 4
- Silver Redhorse 4
- Shorthead Redhorse 3
- Mooneye 2
- White Sucker 2
- River Redhorse 1
- Rudd 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Getting on the water
3 listed boat launches. marks launches on the map.
East end
- Boat launch
- Boat launch
West end
- Boat launch