Map of Lac Croche

Lac Croche

46.8353° N, 72.4962° W

Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.

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Lac Croche covers 0.88 km², making it larger than 72% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 2.2 km southwest of Hervey-Jonction.

Area
0.88 km²
larger than 72% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
11.5 km
longer than 81% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
2.9 mSecchi depth, 2025
less clear than 70% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
154 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

5.2 °C

Wind calm

Observed at Shawinigan, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 6 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time6 a.m.9 a.m.12 p.m.3 p.m.6 p.m.9 p.m.12 a.m.3 a.m.
Wind km/hW 10W 20W 20W 20NW 20NW 15NW 10NW 10
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.10.10.2
Temp. °C69111211976
Precip. %303030300000

Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Shawinigan (local forecast), as of 5:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:29 a.m.
Sunrise
6:59 a.m.
Sunset
6:14 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:44 p.m.
Moonrise
5:49 a.m.
Moonset
5:32 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 17 years between 2009 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 2.9 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)