Lac Jaune
46.1174° N, 73.8129° W
Shoreline and neighbouring water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Lac Jaune, Quebec. 46.1174° N, 73.8129° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-jaune/, 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 Jaune covers 0.33 km², making it larger than 51% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec. It lies 2.5 km northwest of Lac-Clair.
- Area
- 0.33 km²
- larger than 51% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 6.9 km
- longer than 70% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 2.9 mSecchi depth, 2022
- less clear than 70% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 254 m
Today on the water
6.9 °C
Observed at Saint-Sauveur, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 6 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 10 | W 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind becoming west 20 km/h near noon. High 9. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Saint-Sauveur (local forecast), as of 5:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:19 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:49 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:54 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:38 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 13 years between 2008 and 2022; the latest annual mean is 2.9 m.
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