Map of Lac d'Argent with depth contours

Lac d'Argent

45.6427° N, 71.5955° W

Depth contours from the 1980 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac d'Argent is 54.6 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.71 km² and lies beside Saint-Adolphe-de-Dudswell.

Maximum depth
54.6 msurveyed 1980
deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.71 km²
larger than 69% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
5.6 km
longer than 65% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
4.4 mSecchi depth, 2025
clearer than 60% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
255 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

6.8 °C

Mostly CloudyWind SSW 5 km/h

Observed at Val-des-Sources, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time7 a.m.10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.1 a.m.4 a.m.
Wind km/hW 10W 20W 20W 20W 20W 15W 10W 10
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.20.20.20.2
Temp. °C7911118642
Precip. %4040404040000

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: Val-des-Sources (local forecast), as of 6:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:25 a.m.
Sunrise
6:55 a.m.
Sunset
6:11 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:41 p.m.
Moonrise
5:45 a.m.
Moonset
5:29 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.

Depth

21% of Lac d'Argent is deeper than 30 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 from 1980 records a maximum depth of 54.6 m, drawn from 16 depth contours.

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

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

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 4 years between 2022 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 4.4 m.

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