Lac Joseph
46.2049° N, 71.5494° W
Depth contours from the 1963 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Joseph, Quebec. 46.2049° N, 71.5494° W
Maximum depth 5.3 m (1963 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-joseph/, 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.
- 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Lac Joseph is 5.3 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 92% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 2.42 km² and lies 4.5 km north of Lac-William.
- Maximum depth
- 5.3 msurveyed 1963
- shallower than 92% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 2.42 km²
- larger than 85% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 17.8 km
- longer than 87% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 1.4 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 95% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 192 m
Today on the water
4.8 °C
Observed at Thetford Mines, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 4 a.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 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 15 | W 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 8.
Weather: Thetford Mines (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:25 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:55 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:10 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:40 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:45 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:28 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
36% of Lac Joseph is shallower than 1 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 1963 records a maximum depth of 5.3 m, drawn from 8 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.
Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: meso-eutrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 21 years between 2004 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 1.4 m.
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