Lac de l'Orignal
45.8741° N, 75.5985° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac de l'Orignal, Quebec. 45.8741° N, 75.5985° W
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borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-de-l-orignal-near-poltimore/, 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).
- 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'Orignal covers 0.39 km², making it larger than 56% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 2.6 km east of High Falls.
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- larger than 56% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 4.3 km
- longer than 56% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 6 mSecchi depth, 2024
- clearer than 84% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 191 m
Today on the water
YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 7:29 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
8.3 °C
Observed at Val-des-Monts, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 10 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 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 9:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:41 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:27 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:57 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:02 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:45 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 14 years between 2009 and 2024; the latest annual mean is 6 m.