Lac des Plaines
47.0702° N, 70.1223° W
Depth contours from the 2012 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac des Plaines, Quebec. 47.0702° N, 70.1223° W
Maximum depth 3.1 m (2012 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-des-plaines-near-montmagny/, 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Lac des Plaines is 3.1 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 97% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.59 km² and lies 7.2 km southeast of Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
- Maximum depth
- 3.1 msurveyed 2012
- shallower than 97% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.59 km²
- larger than 65% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 4.8 km
- longer than 59% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 1.5 mSecchi depth, 2024
- less clear than 94% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 390 m
Today on the water
8.6 °C
Observed at L'Islet, 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 southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.
| Time | 4 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/h | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: A few showers ending early this evening then mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low 8.
Weather: L'Islet (local forecast), as of 3:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:19 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:50 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:04 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:34 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:39 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:22 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
11% of Lac des Plaines 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 2012 records a maximum depth of 3.1 m, drawn from 11 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.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: eutrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 17 years between 2008 and 2024; the latest annual mean is 1.5 m.
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