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Map of Lac des Huit Milles with depth contours

Lac des Huit Milles

48.4091° N, 67.5777° W

Depth contours from the 1976 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac des Huit Milles, Quebec. 48.4091° N, 67.5777° W

Maximum depth 6.3 m (1976 survey). Scale bar on the map.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-des-huit-milles/, 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).

Lac des Huit Milles is 6.3 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 88% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.72 km² and lies beside Lac-des-Huit-Milles.

Maximum depth
6.3 msurveyed 1976
shallower than 88% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.72 km²
larger than 69% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
3.7 km
shorter than 51% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
2.2 mSecchi depth, 2025
less clear than 83% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
318 m

Today on the water

5 °C

Wind WSW 6 km/h

Observed at Amqui, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 4 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Time4 a.m.7 a.m.10 a.m.1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.1 a.m.
Wind km/hW 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20
Gusts km/h4040404040404040
Waves (est.) m0.20.20.20.2
Temp. °C44787643
Precip. %0003030000

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Fog patches. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low plus 3.

Weather: Amqui (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:10 a.m.
Sunrise
6:41 a.m.
Sunset
5:52 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:24 p.m.
Moonrise
5:29 a.m.
Moonset
5:10 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

55% of Lac des Huit Milles is shallower than 3 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 1976 records a maximum depth of 6.3 m, drawn from 7 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: meso-eutrophic (transition).

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 17 years between 2006 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 2.2 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)