Lac Maclure
48.4661° N, 69.8033° W
Depth contours from the 1983 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Maclure, Quebec. 48.4661° N, 69.8033° W
Maximum depth 63.1 m (1983 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-maclure/, 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 Maclure is 63.1 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 97% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.52 km² and lies 22 km north of Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite.
- Maximum depth
- 63.1 msurveyed 1983
- deeper than 97% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 1.52 km²
- larger than 80% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 12.3 km
- longer than 82% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 5.1 mSecchi depth, 2010
- clearer than 73% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 286 m
Today on the water
7.3 °C
Observed at Escoumins, as of 5:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 6 a.m., wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast 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 | SW 15 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Temp. °C | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Escoumins (local forecast), as of 5:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:18 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:50 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:01 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:33 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:39 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:19 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
12% of Lac Maclure is shallower than 3 m, and 17% is deeper than 30 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 1983 records a maximum depth of 63.1 m, drawn from 57 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: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 3 years between 2008 and 2010; the latest annual mean is 5.1 m.
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