Lac Chapleau
46.2334° N, 74.9396° W
Depth contours from the 2014 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Chapleau, Quebec. 46.2334° N, 74.9396° W
Maximum depth 56.8 m (2014 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-chapleau/, 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.
- Real-time hydrometric data, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) daily means, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- 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 Chapleau is 56.8 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 5.01 km² and lies beside Lac-Chapleau.
- Maximum depth
- 56.8 msurveyed 2014
- deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 5.01 km²
- larger than 91% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 28.1 km
- longer than 91% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 7.4 mSecchi depth, 2025
- clearer than 94% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 263 m
Today on the water
2 °C
Observed at Mont-Tremblant, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m.
| Time | 2 a.m. | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 10 | W 10 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 6.
Weather: Mont-Tremblant (local forecast), as of 1:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:38 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:08 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:24 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:54 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:59 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:42 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
The government depth survey from 2014 records a maximum depth of 56.8 m, drawn from 70 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: oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 8 years between 2018 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 7.4 m.
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