Lac Cavan
49.7505° N, 74.9855° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac Cavan, Quebec. 49.7505° N, 74.9855° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-cavan/, 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.
- 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 Cavan covers 3.67 km², making it larger than 89% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 8.1 km southwest of Chapais.
- Area
- 3.67 km²
- larger than 89% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 9.8 km
- longer than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 4.6 mSecchi depth, 2024
- clearer than 64% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 350 m
Today on the water
3.1 °C
Observed at Chibougamau, as of 12:00 p.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 1 p.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Today: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV index 2 or low.
Weather: Chibougamau (local forecast), as of 12:02 p.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:21 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:53 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:01 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:39 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 12 years between 2011 and 2024; the latest annual mean is 4.6 m.