Lac Donlon
49.3195° N, 68.4314° W
Depth contours from the government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Donlon, Quebec. 49.3195° N, 68.4314° W
Maximum depth 28.2 m. Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-donlon/, 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 Donlon is 28.2 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 79% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.85 km² and lies 22 km west of Baie-Comeau.
- Maximum depth
- 28.2 m
- deeper than 79% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.85 km²
- larger than 72% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 6 km
- longer than 66% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 2 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 87% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 186 m
Today on the water
8 °C
Observed at Baie-Comeau, as of 10:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 11 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 30 | 30 | 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: Baie-Comeau (local forecast), as of 10:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:13 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:45 a.m.
- Sunset
- 5:55 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:27 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:33 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:13 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
28% of Lac Donlon is shallower than 3 m, and 48% is deeper than 10 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 records a maximum depth of 28.2 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.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: meso-eutrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 13 years between 2009 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 2 m.