Lac Fontaine
48.4043° N, 69.6326° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac Fontaine, Quebec. 48.4043° N, 69.6326° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-fontaine/, 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 Fontaine covers 0.98 km², making it larger than 74% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 17 km northwest of Bon-Désir.
- Area
- 0.98 km²
- larger than 74% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 9.3 km
- longer than 77% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 2.9 mSecchi depth, 2012
- less clear than 70% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 210 m
Today on the water
7.3 °C
Observed at Escoumins, as of 12:00 p.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 1 p.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 | NW 20 | NW 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Escoumins (local forecast), as of 12:00 p.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:18 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:49 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:01 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:32 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:38 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:19 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: meso-eutrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 5 years between 2008 and 2012; the latest annual mean is 2.9 m.