Lac des Cèdres
48.6058° N, 69.3129° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac des Cèdres, Quebec. 48.6058° N, 69.3129° W
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borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-des-cedres-near-forestville/, 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).
Lac des Cèdres covers 1.28 km², making it larger than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 5.6 km west of Rivière-Éperlan.
- Area
- 1.28 km²
- larger than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 15.7 km
- longer than 85% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 3 mSecchi depth, 2015
- less clear than 67% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 132 m
Today on the water
8.6 °C
Observed at Forestville, as of 11:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 20 | NW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Forestville (local forecast), as of 11:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:17 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:48 a.m.
- Sunset
- 5:59 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:31 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:37 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:17 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 5 years between 2010 and 2015; the latest annual mean is 3 m.