Lac la Cave
46.4928° N, 78.9298° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac la Cave, Ontario. 46.4928° N, 78.9298° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/lac-la-cave/, 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.
- Fisheries Management Zones, 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 la Cave covers 32.5 km², making it larger than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario. It lies 1.3 km southeast of Témiscaming.
Government surveys have recorded 26 fish species here, including walleye, sauger and lake whitefish.
- Area
- 32.5 km²
- larger than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 125 km
- longer than 98% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Fish species
- 26
- more than 98% of the 2,454 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 174 m
Today on the water
4.1 °C
Observed at North Bay, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | W 10 | NW 20 | W 20 | NW 20 | N 10 | NE 10 | E 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light early this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: North Bay (local forecast), as of 3:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:54 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:25 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:40 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:10 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:16 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
North Bay, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
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Fish
Sport fish by the share of the 60 government surveys (2010–2018) that recorded them.
Forage fish and other species (14)
Forage fish
- Emerald Shiner 5
- Spottail Shiner 5
- Fallfish 4
- Trout-Perch 4
- Logperch 2
- Blacknose Dace 1
- Creek Chub 1
- Hornyhead Chub 1
- Mottled Sculpin 1
Other
- White Sucker 12
- Longnose Sucker 9
- Shorthead Redhorse 4
- Mooneye 2
- River Redhorse 1
Numbers are the surveys that recorded each species.
Fishing regulations: Fisheries Management Zone 12. Check seasons and limits before you fish.
Getting on the water
1 listed boat launch. marks launches on the map.
- Boat launch
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