Lac La Fontaine
46.1205° N, 73.9772° W
Depth contours from the 2012 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac La Fontaine, Quebec. 46.1205° N, 73.9772° W
Maximum depth 24 m (2012 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-la-fontaine-near-sainte-marguerite-du-lac-masson/, 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).
Lac La Fontaine is 24 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 72% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.41 km² and lies 2.8 km northeast of Domaine-Entrelacs.
- Maximum depth
- 24 msurveyed 2012
- deeper than 72% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 0.41 km²
- larger than 57% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 3 km
- shorter than 60% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 5.2 mSecchi depth, 2018
- clearer than 74% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 334 m
Today on the water
6 °C
Observed at Saint-Sauveur, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 8 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 8 p.m. | 11 p.m. | 2 a.m. | 5 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 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 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 7:05 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:20 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:50 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:55 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:38 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
51% of Lac La Fontaine 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 2012 records a maximum depth of 24 m, drawn from 15 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: ultra-oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 7 years between 2008 and 2018; the latest annual mean is 5.2 m.