Map of Lac O'Neil with depth contours

Lac O'Neil

46.4272° N, 70.8004° W

Depth contours from the 1977 government survey. Not for navigation.

Download the depth map (SVG)

Lac O'Neil is 5.5 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 0.16 km² and lies 8.6 km southeast of Springbrook.

Maximum depth
5.5 msurveyed 1977
shallower than 90% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
0.16 km²
smaller than 75% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
2.5 km
shorter than 70% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
2.7 mSecchi depth, 2024
less clear than 74% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
477 m

Today on the water

YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 11:24 a.m. EDT
Temperatures will drop near the freezing mark overnight tonight and overnight Saturday night.

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 3:24 a.m. EDT Saturday

9.9 °C

Wind WNW 6 km/h

Observed at Beauceville, as of 12:00 p.m. EDT

calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 1 p.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time1 p.m.4 p.m.7 p.m.10 p.m.1 a.m.4 a.m.7 a.m.10 a.m.
Wind km/hW 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 20W 10W 10
Gusts km/h404040404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.10.10.1
Temp. °C1010753115
Precip. %4040000000

Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Beauceville (local forecast), as of 12:04 p.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:22 a.m.
Sunrise
6:52 a.m.
Sunset
6:07 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:37 p.m.
Moonrise
5:42 a.m.
Moonset
5:25 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

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 1977 records a maximum depth of 5.5 m, drawn from 9 depth contours.

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 Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: meso-eutrophic (transition).

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 7 years between 2015 and 2024; the latest annual mean is 2.7 m.

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