Lac à la Carpe
48.2318° N, 71.8708° W
Depth contours from the 1930 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac à la Carpe, Quebec. 48.2318° N, 71.8708° W
Maximum depth 16.7 m (1930 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-a-la-carpe/, 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.
- Géobase des bathymétries de lac du Québec (GBLQ), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- États trophiques des lacs (RSVL), Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), Données Québec.
- 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).
Lac à la Carpe is 16.7 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 51% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 8.65 km² and lies 14 km east of Lac-Maggie.
- Maximum depth
- 16.7 msurveyed 1930
- deeper than 51% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 8.65 km²
- larger than 95% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 29.3 km
- longer than 92% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 3.3 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 60% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 356 m
Today on the water
7.1 °C
Observed at Alma, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 5 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east 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 15 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Alma (local forecast), as of 4:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:27 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:58 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:10 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:41 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:47 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:28 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
40% of Lac à la Carpe is shallower than 3 m, and 12% 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 1930 records a maximum depth of 16.7 m, drawn from 36 depth contours.
- Download the depth map (SVG)Printing this page gives the map on one sheet, with scale and sources.
- Official government depth map (PDF)
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: mesotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 13 years between 2013 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 3.3 m.
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