Lac des Chicots
46.8025° N, 72.5176° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac des Chicots, Quebec. 46.8025° N, 72.5176° W
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borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-des-chicots/, 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 Chicots covers 0.7 km², making it larger than 68% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies beside Sainte-Thècle-Station.
- Area
- 0.7 km²
- larger than 68% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 10.1 km
- longer than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 1.5 mSecchi depth, 2010
- less clear than 94% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 148 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
6.2 °C
Observed at Shawinigan, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 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 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 20 | NW 15 | NW 10 | NW 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Shawinigan (local forecast), as of 6:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:29 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:14 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:44 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:49 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:32 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: eutrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 3 years between 2008 and 2010; the latest annual mean is 1.5 m.