What is the cleanest lake in Papineau County, Québec?

Lac Vert in Papineau County is the cleanest lake on the readings in Papineau County, Québec with an EPA water-quality readings of — and 26.6 feet of water clarity.

How are these rankings calculated?

Nutrients and algae, total phosphorus, nitrogen, chlorophyll-a and turbidity, are read against EPA National Lakes Assessment 2022 condition classes for that lake’s ecoregion. Water clarity (Secchi depth) is measured and shown; it is not the letter. Lakes without enough recent samples are UNRATED, not given an F. Source data comes from the EPA Water Quality Portal.

Cleanest Lakes in Papineau County, Québec

Lac Vert in Papineau County leads the rankings on measured clarity and nutrients and 26.6 ft of clarity. Below are the top 33 cleanest monitored lakes in Papineau County, Québec, ranked by EPA water quality score.

Ranked List

#	Lake	County	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae
1	Lac Vert	Papineau	—	26.6 ft	3.5 µg/L	1.1 µg/L
2	Lac Hacquard	Papineau	—	13.8 ft	5 µg/L	3 µg/L
3	Lac Vert	Papineau	—	28.9 ft	4 µg/L	0.8 µg/L
4	Lac Viceroy	Papineau	—	29.5 ft	3.9 µg/L	0.8 µg/L
5	Lac Simon	Papineau	—	21 ft	2.6 µg/L	1.3 µg/L
6	Lac Gagnon	Papineau	—	21.7 ft	2.6 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
7	Lac Hotte	Papineau	—	12.8 ft	9.6 µg/L	3.7 µg/L
8	Petit Lac Preston	Papineau	—	18 ft	2.9 µg/L	1.2 µg/L
9	Lac de L'Orignal	Papineau	—	15.7 ft	4.8 µg/L	1.8 µg/L
10	Lac Iroquois	Papineau	—	11.2 ft	4 µg/L	1.9 µg/L
11	Lac Doré	Papineau	—	15.4 ft	4.4 µg/L	1.9 µg/L
12	Lac BarrièRe	Papineau	—	15.9 ft	3.2 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
13	Lac Schryer	Papineau	—	11.8 ft	6 µg/L	3.7 µg/L
14	Lac Hawk	Papineau	—	23.6 ft	3.1 µg/L	0.9 µg/L
15	Lac des ÎLes	Papineau	—	10.2 ft	9.4 µg/L	3.6 µg/L
16	Lac Smallian	Papineau	—	18 ft	3.2 µg/L	2.3 µg/L
17	Lac des Plages	Papineau	—	17.4 ft	4.4 µg/L	2.3 µg/L
18	Lac Lady	Papineau	—	27.6 ft	2.3 µg/L	0.9 µg/L
19	Lac la Blanche	Papineau	—	13.8 ft	7.7 µg/L	3.3 µg/L
20	Lac Aux Brochets	Papineau	—	8.2 ft	9.3 µg/L	4.7 µg/L
21	Lac Lafontaine	Papineau	—	28.2 ft	1.8 µg/L	0.9 µg/L
22	Lac de L'Argile	Papineau	—	13.5 ft	7.1 µg/L	2.5 µg/L
23	Lac Morin	Papineau	—	21.3 ft	4.9 µg/L	1.5 µg/L
24	Lac du Poisson Blanc	Papineau	—	13.5 ft	4.7 µg/L	3.1 µg/L
25	Lac Au Loup	Papineau	—	20 ft	5.4 µg/L	2.2 µg/L
26	Lac Daoust	Papineau	—	19.2 ft	5.1 µg/L	1.5 µg/L
27	Lac Farrand	Papineau	—	15.3 ft	6.3 µg/L	2 µg/L
28	Lac Papineau	Papineau	—	21.7 ft	3.8 µg/L	1.4 µg/L
29	Lac Lemery	Papineau	—	13 ft	9.7 µg/L	4.2 µg/L
30	Lac Charette	Papineau	—	18.7 ft	4.5 µg/L	1.5 µg/L
31	Lac de la Mine D'Or	Papineau	—	11.6 ft	9 µg/L	3.3 µg/L
32	Lac des ÎLes	Papineau	—	17.9 ft	5.9 µg/L	1.1 µg/L
33	Lac Saint-Sixte	Papineau	—	13.5 ft	4 µg/L	2.1 µg/L

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