Lac Cascapédia (Quebec): Depth Map

Map of Lac Cascapédia with depth contours — Lac Cascapédia
48.9202° N, 66.3349° W

Depth contours from the government survey. Not for navigation.

Lac Cascapédia, Quebec. 48.9202° N, 66.3349° W

Maximum depth 19.4 m. Scale bar on the map.

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-cascapedia/, 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.
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 Cascapédia is 19.4 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 61% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.36 km² and lies 10 km southeast of Cap-Seize.

Maximum depth: 19.4 m; deeper than 61% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area: 1.36 km²; larger than 79% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline: 9.9 km; longer than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Elevation: 503 m

Today on the water

8.6 °C

Wind SW 29 km/h

Observed at Gaspésie (Parc national), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 4 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time	4 a.m.	7 a.m.	10 a.m.	1 p.m.	4 p.m.	7 p.m.	10 p.m.	1 a.m.
Wind km/h	W 15	W 20	W 20	W 20	W 20	W 20	W 30	W 30
Gusts km/h		40	40	40	40	40	50	50
Waves (est.) m	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Temp. °C	5	3	6	6	5	3	2	2
Precip. %	0	0	0	30	30	30	30	30

Tonight: A few showers ending before morning then cloudy. Fog patches dissipating near midnight. Low plus 3.

Weather: Gaspésie (Parc national) (local forecast), as of 3:03 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn: 6:05 a.m.
Sunrise: 6:36 a.m.
Sunset: 5:47 p.m.
Civil dusk: 6:19 p.m.
Moonrise: 5:24 a.m.
Moonset: 5:05 p.m.
Moon: Waning crescent, 1% lit

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Depth

28% of Lac Cascapédia is deeper than 10 m.

0 m5 m10 m15 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 records a maximum depth of 19.4 m, drawn from 9 depth contours.