Map of Lac Marois with depth contours

Lac Marois

45.8516° N, 74.1313° W

Depth contours from the 2010 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac Marois is 23.6 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 71% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.95 km² and lies beside Lac-Saint-Amour.

Maximum depth
23.6 msurveyed 2010
deeper than 71% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.95 km²
larger than 73% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
5.9 km
longer than 66% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
5.1 mSecchi depth, 2025
clearer than 73% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
289 m

Today on the water

YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 4:39 a.m. EDT
Temperatures will drop to near the freezing mark overnight tonight.

Take preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plants, trees, and crops.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to QCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #QCStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 11:29 p.m. EDT

6 °C

Partly CloudyWind SW 4 km/h

Observed at Saint-Jérôme, 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.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time8 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/hW 10W 20W 20W 20W 10W 10W 10NW 10
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.10.10.1
Temp. °C101114118632
Precip. %404040400000

Today: A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 14. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Saint-Jérôme (local forecast), as of 7:05 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:35 a.m.
Sunrise
7:05 a.m.
Sunset
6:21 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:51 p.m.
Moonrise
5:56 a.m.
Moonset
5:39 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

38% of Lac Marois 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 2010 records a maximum depth of 23.6 m, drawn from 36 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligotrophic.

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 18 years between 2008 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 5.1 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)