Lac de la Tête
48.7693° N, 67.0341° W
Depth contours from the 1974 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac de la Tête, Quebec. 48.7693° N, 67.0341° W
Maximum depth 5.5 m (1974 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-de-la-tete-near-cherbourg-ouest/, 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.
- 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 de la Tête is 5.5 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.38 km² and lies 12 km east of Cherbourg-Ouest.
- Maximum depth
- 5.5 msurveyed 1974
- shallower than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.38 km²
- larger than 55% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 4 km
- longer than 53% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 237 m
Today on the water
7.7 °C
Observed at Matane, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 7 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 7 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/h | W 30 | W 30 | W 30 | W 30 | W 30 | W 30 | W 40 | W 40 |
| Gusts km/h | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 60 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 9. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Matane (local forecast), as of 6:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:07 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:39 a.m.
- Sunset
- 5:50 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:21 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:27 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:08 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
51% of Lac de la Tête is shallower than 1 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 1974 records a maximum depth of 5.5 m, drawn from 9 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.