Lac Howard
46.5967° N, 75.663° W
Depth contours from the 2010 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Howard, Quebec. 46.5967° N, 75.663° W
Maximum depth 24.5 m (2010 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-howard/, 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 Howard is 24.5 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 73% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.99 km² and lies 4.4 km east of Val-Limoges.
- Maximum depth
- 24.5 msurveyed 2010
- deeper than 73% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.99 km²
- larger than 74% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 5.3 km
- longer than 63% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 261 m
Today on the water
6.7 °C
Observed at Mont-Laurier, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 5 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/h | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 15 | NW 10 | var. 5 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 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 4.
Weather: Mont-Laurier (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:41 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:26 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:57 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:02 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:45 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
46% of Lac Howard 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 2010 records a maximum depth of 24.5 m, drawn from 34 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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