Lac Houde
46.6125° N, 73.5595° W
Depth contours from the 1971 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Houde, Quebec. 46.6125° N, 73.5595° W
Maximum depth 56.5 m (1971 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-houde/, 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 Houde is 56.5 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 2.27 km² and lies 18 km northeast of La Glacière.
- Maximum depth
- 56.5 msurveyed 1971
- deeper than 95% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 2.27 km²
- larger than 84% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 15.7 km
- longer than 85% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 440 m
Today on the water
5 °C
Observed at Saint-Michel-des-Saints, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east 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 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 15 | W 10 | W 10 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low plus 5.
Weather: Saint-Michel-des-Saints (local forecast), as of 3:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:33 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:03 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:18 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:54 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
33% of Lac Houde is deeper than 30 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 1971 records a maximum depth of 56.5 m, drawn from 14 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.
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