Lac Nicabau
49.3589° N, 74.1183° W
Depth contours from the 2018 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Nicabau, Quebec. 49.3589° N, 74.1183° W
Maximum depth 16.6 m (2018 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-nicabau/, 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 Nicabau is 16.6 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 51% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 35.7 km² and lies beside Rivière-Boisvert.
- Maximum depth
- 16.6 msurveyed 2018
- deeper than 51% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 35.7 km²
- larger than 98% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 185 km
- longer than 99% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 387 m
Today on the water
3.3 °C
Observed at Chibougamau, as of 2:00 p.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.3 m. Around 6 p.m., wind from the northwest: the northwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the southeast shore.
| Time | 3 p.m. | 6 p.m. | 9 p.m. | 12 a.m. | 3 a.m. | 6 a.m. | 9 a.m. | 12 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Temp. °C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Today: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 3. UV index 2 or low.
Weather: Chibougamau (local forecast), as of 2:03 p.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:36 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:08 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:18 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:50 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:57 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
The government depth survey from 2018 records a maximum depth of 16.6 m, drawn from 249 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.