Lac aux Grelots
45.9727° N, 71.0032° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac aux Grelots, Quebec. 45.9727° N, 71.0032° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-aux-grelots/, 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 Grelots covers 0.55 km², making it larger than 64% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 8.9 km east of Lac-Bolduc.
- Area
- 0.55 km²
- larger than 64% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 3 km
- shorter than 60% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 1.6 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 92% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 327 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. 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 8:39 p.m. EDT
6 °C
Observed at Thetford Mines, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 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 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 15 | W 10 | W 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 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: Thetford Mines (local forecast), as of 7:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:23 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:52 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:08 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:38 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:43 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: meso-eutrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 12 years between 2012 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 1.6 m.