Map of Lac Waterloo with depth contours

Lac Waterloo

45.3348° N, 72.5211° W

Depth contours from the 2013 government survey. Not for navigation.

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Lac Waterloo is 4.9 m deep at its deepest point, shallower than 93% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec. It covers 1.46 km² and lies beside Waterloo.

Maximum depth
4.9 msurveyed 2013
shallower than 93% of the 1,506 surveyed lakes in Quebec
Area
1.46 km²
larger than 80% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Shoreline
9.3 km
longer than 77% of the 29,407 lakes in Quebec
Water clarity
1.8 mSecchi depth, 2025
less clear than 89% of the 805 monitored lakes in Quebec
Elevation
205 m

Today on the water

YELLOW ADVISORY - FROST · issued 4:39 a.m. EDT
Temperatures will drop to near the freezing mark overnight tonight.

Take preventative measures to protect cold-sensitive plants, trees, and crops.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to QCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #QCStorm.

Official alert on weather.gc.ca · expires 8:39 p.m. EDT

7.1 °C

Wind calm

Observed at Granby, as of 6:00 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.

Hourly forecast, next 24 hours
Time7 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/hW 10W 20W 20W 20W 20W 15W 10W 10
Gusts km/h404040
Waves (est.) m0.10.20.20.20.2
Temp. °C7911118642
Precip. %4040404040000

Today: Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High 12. UV index 3 or moderate.

Weather: Granby (local forecast), as of 6:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:28 a.m.
Sunrise
6:58 a.m.
Sunset
6:15 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:44 p.m.
Moonrise
5:49 a.m.
Moonset
5:33 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. Local times.

How waves are estimated

Significant wave height from the forecast hourly wind and the open-water distance (fetch) upwind, using the SMB method (US Army Corps of Engineers Shore Protection Manual, 1984), rounded up to the next 0.1 m. It is not a measurement: gusts, leftover swell and shoals can make water rougher. Under 0.2 m: calm; 0.2–0.5 m: choppy; over 0.5 m: rough.

Depth

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 2013 records a maximum depth of 4.9 m, drawn from 17 depth contours.

Not for navigation. Depths are from government surveys and may be outdated.

Water

Trophic status from the latest monitoring: eutrophic.

Clarity was measured with a Secchi disk in 21 years between 2004 and 2025; the latest annual mean is 1.8 m.

Water clarity (Secchi depth, m)
Total phosphorus (µg/L)

Photos

Vue aérienne du lac Waterloo 1, Québec, Canada
Photo: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vue aérienne du lac Waterloo 3, Québec, Canada
Photo: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vue aérienne du lac Waterloo 4, Québec, Canada
Photo: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons