Lac Kipawa
46.8001° N, 78.9657° W
Depth contours from the 2011 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Kipawa, Quebec. 46.8001° N, 78.9657° W
Maximum depth 60.7 m (2011 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-kipawa/, 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.
- Real-time hydrometric data, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- National Water Data Archive (HYDAT) daily means, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- 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).
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Lac Kipawa is 60.7 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 96% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 262 km² and lies 1.8 km northwest of Tee Lake.
- Maximum depth
- 60.7 msurveyed 2011
- deeper than 96% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 262 km²
- larger than 99% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 1,120 km
- longer than 99% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 4 mSecchi depth, 2025
- clearer than 52% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 265 m
Today on the water
7.5 °C
Observed at Témiscamingue, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m.
| Time | 2 a.m. | 5 a.m. | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Témiscamingue (local forecast), as of 1:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:55 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:25 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:39 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:10 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:16 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
The government depth survey from 2011 records a maximum depth of 60.7 m, drawn from 26 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: mesotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 18 years between 2008 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 4 m.
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