Lac au Saumon
48.4229° N, 67.333° W
Depth contours from the 1976 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac au Saumon, Quebec. 48.4229° N, 67.333° W
Maximum depth 21.4 m (1976 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-au-saumon/, 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Lac au Saumon is 21.4 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 65% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 3.46 km² and lies beside Paramé.
- Maximum depth
- 21.4 msurveyed 1976
- deeper than 65% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 3.46 km²
- larger than 88% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 14.5 km
- longer than 84% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 3.2 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 63% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 143 m
Today on the water
3 °C
Observed at Amqui, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 8 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/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Amqui (local forecast), as of 7:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:09 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunset
- 5:51 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:23 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:28 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:09 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
36% of Lac au Saumon 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 1976 records a maximum depth of 21.4 m, drawn from 11 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: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 15 years between 2006 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 3.2 m.