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Lac Blouin

La Vallée-de-l'Or, QuébecView mapDirections

classe mésotrophe

This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade. See every year

Clarity
1 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
15.5 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
3 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Max depth
~18 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 59 ft max depth

Lac Blouin in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Québec is classified classe mésotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 3 µg/L.

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Lac Blouin is a lake in La Vallée-de-l'Or County, Québec with an estimated average depth of about 59 feet.

Source: Québec RSVL (MELCCFP) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2025-08-01. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Lac Blouin is safe to swim in today is a call for le Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Lac Blouin

These are the measurements MELCCFP publishes for Lac Blouin, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Very murky, less than 3.1 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 3 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)0.95 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus15.5 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)3 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~18 m est.
Average Depth~8.2 m est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Québec has not published bathymetry for Lac Blouin.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
404 sq mi
Surface area
3,400 acres
Shoreline
24.8 mi
Elevation
955 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.

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Where is Lac Blouin?

Lac Blouin is a lake in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Québec. MELCCFP classifies it classe mésotrophe for 2025. This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade.

What is the water quality of Lac Blouin?

Lac Blouin in La Vallée-de-l'Or, Québec is classified classe mésotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 1 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 3 µg/L.

Is Lac Blouin safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

How deep is Lac Blouin?

No published bathymetric survey covers Lac Blouin, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 59 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

The authority’s own classification

Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) publishes its own classification for Lac Blouin. It is shown here as theirs, in their words, and is not folded into the LakeQuality letter.

Most recent, 2025
classe mésotrophe

This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade.

A trophic class ranks how nutrient-rich a lake is, from oligotrophic at the low end to eutrophic at the high end. It describes nutrients and plant growth, not bacteria, and it is not a swimming clearance.

Earlier years (10 classified 2009–2025)
YearPublished class
2024classe mésotrophe
2021classe mésotrophe
2020classe hyper-eutrophe
2018classe hyper-eutrophe
2017classe mésotrophe
2016classe mésotrophe
2015classe hyper-eutrophe
2014classe hyper-eutrophe
2009classe hyper-eutrophe

Published by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec). A classification is not a same-day swimming clearance. See data sources.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Lac Blouin come from the Réseau de surveillance volontaire des lacs (RSVL), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. MELCCFP RSVL (CC BY 4.0). See data sources.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)