Lac Pontbriand
46.0519° N, 73.7719° W
Depth contours from the 1977 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Pontbriand, Quebec. 46.0519° N, 73.7719° W
Maximum depth 9.4 m (1977 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-pontbriand/, 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).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Lac Pontbriand is 9.4 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 77% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.48 km² and lies 1.1 km northeast of Mount Loyal.
- Maximum depth
- 9.4 msurveyed 1977
- shallower than 77% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 1.48 km²
- larger than 80% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 15 km
- longer than 84% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 2.5 mSecchi depth, 2014
- less clear than 78% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 152 m
Today on the water
6.2 °C
Observed at Saint-Lin-Laurentides, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
choppy Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.2 m. Around 9 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 4 a.m. | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 10 | W 10 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 10 | W 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 7.
Weather: Saint-Lin-Laurentides (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:19 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:49 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:54 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:37 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
The government depth survey from 1977 records a maximum depth of 9.4 m, drawn from 21 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: oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 4 years between 2011 and 2014; the latest annual mean is 2.5 m.
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