Silver Lake
48.6311° N, 88.7154° W
Depth contours from the 1979 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Silver Lake, Ontario. 48.6311° N, 88.7154° W
Maximum depth 26 m (1979 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/silver-lake-near-loon/, 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.
- Lake Partner Program, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. 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).
- 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).
Silver Lake is 26 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 73% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 0.81 km² and lies 2.6 km east of Loon.
- Maximum depth
- 26 msurveyed 1979
- deeper than 73% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 0.81 km²
- larger than 62% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 7.7 km
- longer than 66% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Water clarity
- 3.8 mSecchi depth, 2019
- clearer than 57% of the 1,251 monitored lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 326 m
Today on the water
3.9 °C
Observed at Dorion, as of 10:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m.
| Time | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | var. 5 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Clear. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. High 13. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Dorion (local forecast), as of 10:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:06 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:17 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:58 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Thunder Bay, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT
Depth
39% of Silver Lake is shallower than 3 m, and 34% 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 1979 records a maximum depth of 26 m, drawn from 36 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 3 years between 2017 and 2019; the latest annual mean is 3.8 m.