Lac de l'Argile
45.8624° N, 75.5637° W
Depth contours from the 1979 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac de l'Argile, Quebec. 45.8624° N, 75.5637° W
Maximum depth 42.8 m (1979 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-de-l-argile/, 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.
- 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).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac de l'Argile is 42.8 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 91% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 4.51 km² and lies 3.2 km northeast of Mine-de-Mica.
- Maximum depth
- 42.8 msurveyed 1979
- deeper than 91% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 4.51 km²
- larger than 90% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 14.3 km
- longer than 84% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 4.8 mSecchi depth, 2025
- clearer than 68% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 169 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 11:29 p.m. EDT
2.9 °C
Observed at Val-des-Monts, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. | 5 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this morning. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Val-des-Monts (local forecast), as of 7:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:41 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:27 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:56 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:02 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:45 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
33% of Lac de l'Argile is deeper than 20 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 1979 records a maximum depth of 42.8 m, drawn from 12 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: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 12 years between 2013 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 4.8 m.