Lac Prinzèles
48.178° N, 72.2204° W
Depth contours from the 1972 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Prinzèles, Quebec. 48.178° N, 72.2204° W
Maximum depth 14.3 m (1972 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-prinzeles-near-lac-des-commissaires/, 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 Prinzèles is 14.3 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 58% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.02 km² and lies 1.5 km north of Lac-des-Commissaires.
- Maximum depth
- 14.3 msurveyed 1972
- shallower than 58% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 1.02 km²
- larger than 75% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 5 km
- longer than 60% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 3 mSecchi depth, 2013
- less clear than 67% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 332 m
Today on the water
3.7 °C
Observed at Roberval, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
calm Estimated waves, next 12 hours: up to 0.1 m. Around 7 a.m., wind from the west: the west shore is sheltered, waves build toward the east shore.
| Time | 7 a.m. | 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 1 a.m. | 4 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind km/h | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 | W 20 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Temp. °C | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 8. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Roberval (local forecast), as of 6:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:28 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:11 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:42 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:49 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:29 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
38% of Lac Prinzèles is shallower than 3 m, and 33% is deeper than 5 m.
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 1972 records a maximum depth of 14.3 m, drawn from 5 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: meso-eutrophic (transition).
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 4 years between 2010 and 2013; the latest annual mean is 3 m.
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