Lac aux Araignées
45.4771° N, 70.8099° W
Lac aux Araignées, Quebec. 45.4771° N, 70.8099° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-aux-araignees/, 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 aux Araignées covers 8.67 km², Quebec. It lies 13 km southeast of Lac-Mégantic.
- Area
- 8.67 km²
- Shoreline
- 30.9 km
- Water clarity
- 3.1 mSecchi depth, 2025
- Elevation
- 404 m
Today on the water
YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 8:47 a.m. EDT
Temperatures will drop to near freezing overnight tonoght as well as overnight Saturday to Sunday. Take preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plants, trees, and crops. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to QCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #QCStorm.
Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 12:47 a.m. EDT Saturday
6.7 °C
Observed at Lac-Mégantic, as of 10:00 a.m. EDT
Wind from the west: the west shore is the sheltered side.
| 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 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 15 | W 10 | W 10 | W 15 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Lac-Mégantic (local forecast), as of 10:04 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:22 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:51 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:08 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:38 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:42 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:26 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: mesotrophic.