Skirl Lake
46.5536° N, 83.243° W
Depth contours from the 1981 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Skirl Lake, Ontario. 46.5536° N, 83.243° W
Maximum depth 20 m (1981 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/on/skirl-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).
Skirl Lake is 20 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 60% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario. It covers 1.17 km² and lies 12 km north of Kynoch.
- Maximum depth
- 20 msurveyed 1981
- deeper than 60% of the 2,688 surveyed lakes in Ontario
- Area
- 1.17 km²
- larger than 71% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Shoreline
- 11.6 km
- longer than 77% of the 18,731 lakes in Ontario
- Elevation
- 380 m
Today on the water
9.5 °C
Observed at Blind River, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 6 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 | SE 10 | E 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | |||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm after midnight. Low 7.
Weather: Blind River (local forecast), as of 5:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:42 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:57 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:27 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:34 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:15 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
27% of Skirl 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 1981 records a maximum depth of 20 m, drawn from 12 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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