Lac Saint-Sixte
45.8165° N, 75.2538° W
Lac Saint-Sixte, Quebec. 45.8165° N, 75.2538° W
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-saint-sixte/, 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.
- 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 Saint-Sixte covers 1.56 km², Quebec. It lies 25 km north of Thurso.
- Area
- 1.56 km²
- Shoreline
- 10.2 km
- Water clarity
- 4.6 mSecchi depth, 2025
- Elevation
- 222 m
Today on the water
5.7 °C
Observed at Papineau, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
| 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 | NW 10 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 20 | NW 10 | var. 5 | var. 5 |
| Temp. °C | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Precip. % | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low plus 5.
Weather: Papineau (local forecast), as of 3:01 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:39 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:09 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:25 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:55 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:00 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:44 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Water
Trophic status from the latest monitoring: oligotrophic.
Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 2 years between 2024 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 4.6 m.
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