Lac Némiscachingue
47.435° N, 74.4988° W
Depth contours from the 2011 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Némiscachingue, Quebec. 47.435° N, 74.4988° W
Maximum depth 69.7 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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.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-nemiscachingue/, 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.
- 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 Némiscachingue is 69.7 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 56.5 km² and lies 26 km east of Le Dépôt-Carrier.
- Maximum depth
- 69.7 msurveyed 2011
- deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 56.5 km²
- larger than 99% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 229 km
- longer than 99% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 419 m
Today on the water
3.8 °C
Observed at Parent, as of 11:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 12 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 12 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | NW 20 | NW 20 | W 20 | W 15 | W 10 | W 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | ||||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 5. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Parent (local forecast), as of 11:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:37 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:08 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:21 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:52 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:58 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:39 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
The government depth survey from 2011 records a maximum depth of 69.7 m, drawn from 333 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.