Lac Mégantic
45.5602° N, 70.9048° W
Depth contours from the 2013 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Mégantic, Quebec. 45.5602° N, 70.9048° W
Maximum depth 75.4 m (2013 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-megantic/, 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).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Lac Mégantic is 75.4 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 28.7 km² and lies beside Lac-Mégantic.
- Maximum depth
- 75.4 msurveyed 2013
- deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 28.7 km²
- larger than 98% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 80.4 km
- longer than 97% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 3.7 mSecchi depth, 2025
- less clear than 52% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 392 m
Today on the water
6 °C
Observed at Lac-Mégantic, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.
| 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 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 15 |
| Gusts | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 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: Lac-Mégantic (local forecast), as of 1:04 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:22 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:52 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:08 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:38 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:42 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:26 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
31% of Lac Mégantic 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 2013 records a maximum depth of 75.4 m, drawn from 83 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 15 years between 2010 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 3.7 m.
Photos
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