Map of Lac à la Truite with depth contours

Lac à la Truite

45.8849° N, 75.9971° W

Depth contours from the 2012 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac à la Truite is 19.7 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 61% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.62 km² and lies 4.2 km west of North Low.

Maximum depth
19.7 msurveyed 2012
deeper than 61% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.62 km²
larger than 66% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
5 km
longer than 61% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
5.3 mSecchi depth, 2013
clearer than 75% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
170 m

Today on the water

YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 4:39 a.m. EDT
Temperatures will drop to near the freezing mark overnight tonight.

Take preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plants, trees, and crops.

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Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 8:39 p.m. EDT

2.9 °C

Mostly CloudyWind N 2 km/h

Observed at Val-des-Monts, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time8 a.m.11 a.m.2 p.m.5 p.m.8 p.m.11 p.m.2 a.m.5 a.m.
Wind km/hNW 10NW 20NW 20NW 20NW 10var. 5var. 5var. 5
Waves (est.) m0.10.20.20.2
Temp. °C7910116310
Precip. %303030300000

Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this morning. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Val-des-Monts (local forecast), as of 7:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:42 a.m.
Sunrise
7:12 a.m.
Sunset
6:28 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:58 p.m.
Moonrise
6:04 a.m.
Moonset
5:47 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

52% of Lac à la Truite 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 2012 records a maximum depth of 19.7 m, drawn from 13 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 8 years between 2006 and 2013; the latest annual mean is 5.3 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)