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Map of Lac du Pied des Monts with depth contours

Lac du Pied des Monts

47.7606° N, 70.4165° W

Depth contours from the 1979 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac du Pied des Monts, Quebec. 47.7606° N, 70.4165° W

Maximum depth 21.1 m (1979 survey). Scale bar on the map.

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-du-pied-des-monts/, 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 du Pied des Monts is 21.1 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 65% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.6 km² and lies 15 km west of Clermont.

Maximum depth
21.1 msurveyed 1979
deeper than 65% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.6 km²
larger than 65% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
4.5 km
longer than 57% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
5.1 mSecchi depth, 2025
clearer than 73% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
230 m

Today on the water

8.3 °C

Wind SSW 21 km/h

Observed at La Malbaie, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT

choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Time5 a.m.8 a.m.11 a.m.2 p.m.5 p.m.8 p.m.11 p.m.2 a.m.
Wind km/hNW 10W 10W 20W 20W 20NW 20NW 20NW 20
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.20.20.2
Temp. °C649108544
Precip. %030303030000

Tonight: A few showers ending early this evening then partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: La Malbaie (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:21 a.m.
Sunrise
6:52 a.m.
Sunset
6:04 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:35 p.m.
Moonrise
5:41 a.m.
Moonset
5:22 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

58% of Lac du Pied des Monts 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 from 1979 records a maximum depth of 21.1 m, drawn from 15 depth contours.

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 2 years between 2016 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 5.1 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)