Lac Fou
47.1872° N, 72.3481° W
Depth contours from the 1973 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Fou, Quebec. 47.1872° N, 72.3481° W
Maximum depth 41 m (1973 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-fou/, 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.
- 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 Fou is 41 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.26 km² and lies 21 km northeast of Lac-Chat.
- Maximum depth
- 41 msurveyed 1973
- deeper than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 1.26 km²
- larger than 78% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 14.6 km
- longer than 84% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 317 m
Today on the water
6 °C
Observed at La Tuque, as of 9:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 10 a.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 15 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: La Tuque (local forecast), as of 9:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:28 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:13 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:43 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:49 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:31 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
15% of Lac Fou is deeper than 20 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 1973 records a maximum depth of 41 m, drawn from 24 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.