Schou Lake
47.6075° N, 81.9999° W
Depth contours from the 1979 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Schou Lake, Ontario. 47.6075° N, 81.9999° W
Maximum depth 8 m (1979 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/schou-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).
Schou Lake is 8 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 79% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 2.2 km² and lies 16 km east of Jerome.
- Maximum depth
- 8 msurveyed 1979
- shallower than 79% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 2.2 km²
- larger than 82% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 18.1 km
- longer than 86% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 375 m
Today on the water
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.
| 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 | W 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | W 10 | var. 5 | S 10 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this evening. Low plus 2.
Weather: Gogama (local forecast), as of 4:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:07 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:38 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:51 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:22 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:30 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:09 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
72% of Schou Lake is shallower than 3 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 1979 records a maximum depth of 8 m, drawn from 25 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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