Lac Polette
48.4126° N, 69.6902° W
Depth contours from the 2014 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Polette, Quebec. 48.4126° N, 69.6902° W
Maximum depth 42.6 m (2014 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-polette/, 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.
- 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 Polette is 42.6 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 91% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 2.87 km² and lies 18 km north of Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite.
- Maximum depth
- 42.6 msurveyed 2014
- deeper than 91% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 2.87 km²
- larger than 87% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 20.9 km
- longer than 89% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 4.4 mSecchi depth, 2011
- clearer than 60% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 236 m
Today on the water
6.3 °C
Observed at Escoumins, as of 7:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 8 a.m., wind from the southwest: the southwest shore is sheltered, waves build toward the northeast shore.
| Time | 8 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/h | SW 15 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | NW 30 | NW 30 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 | |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Precip. % | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 10. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Escoumins (local forecast), as of 7:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:18 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:49 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:01 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:32 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:38 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:19 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Depth
The government depth survey from 2014 records a maximum depth of 42.6 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: oligo-mesotrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 4 years between 2008 and 2011; the latest annual mean is 4.4 m.