Lower Paudash Lake
44.9662° N, 78.0058° W
Depth contours from the 1970 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lower Paudash Lake, Ontario. 44.9662° N, 78.0058° W
Maximum depth 21.3 m (1970 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/lower-paudash-lake/, compiled October 9, 2026
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Lower Paudash Lake is 21.3 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 62% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 4.87 km² and lies 2.8 km southeast of Cardiff.
- Maximum depth
- 21.3 msurveyed 1970
- deeper than 62% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 4.87 km²
- larger than 91% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 26.2 km
- longer than 91% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 4.1 mSecchi depth, 2019
- clearer than 65% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 342 m
Today on the water
4.9 °C
Observed at Haliburton, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 4 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east 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 15 | W 15 | W 15 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 15 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.
Weather: Haliburton (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:50 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:37 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:06 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:12 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:56 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
29% of Lower Paudash Lake is deeper than 10 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 1970 records a maximum depth of 21.3 m, drawn from 14 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.
Water
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 11 years between 1997 and 2019; the latest annual mean is 4.1 m.
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