Lac Shawinigan
46.6803° N, 73.1691° W
Depth contours from the 1978 government survey. Not for navigation.
Download the depth map (SVG)Lac Shawinigan, Quebec. 46.6803° N, 73.1691° W
Maximum depth 75.3 m (1978 survey). Scale bar on the map.
Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.
borealbound.ca/lakes/qc/lac-shawinigan/, 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 Shawinigan is 75.3 m deep at its deepest point, deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 6.29 km² and lies 17 km northwest of Pincebec.
- Maximum depth
- 75.3 msurveyed 1978
- deeper than 98% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
- Area
- 6.29 km²
- larger than 93% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Shoreline
- 51.7 km
- longer than 95% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
- Water clarity
- 5.5 mSecchi depth, 2025
- clearer than 78% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
- Elevation
- 320 m
Today on the water
4.9 °C
Observed at Shawinigan, 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 | NW 20 | NW 15 | NW 10 |
| Gusts km/h | 40 | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Waves (est.) m | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Precip. % | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 8.
Weather: Shawinigan (local forecast), as of 3:03 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:31 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:02 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:16 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:47 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:52 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:34 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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Depth
The government depth survey from 1978 records a maximum depth of 75.3 m, drawn from 97 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 17 years between 2008 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 5.5 m.
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