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Lac Clyde

Les Laurentides, QuébecView mapDirections

zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe

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

Clarity
5.4 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
3.8 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
1.7 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP

Lac Clyde in Les Laurentides, Québec is classified zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 5.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3.8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.7 µg/L.

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Lac Clyde is a lake in Les Laurentides County, Québec.

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

What Lac Clyde is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water17.7 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Lac Clyde 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 Clyde

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

Crystal clear, you can see 17.7 ft down. Phosphorus 3.8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.7 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)5.4 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus3.8 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)1.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
21 sq mi
Surface area
37 acres
Shoreline
1.6 mi
Elevation
768 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS).

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Where is Lac Clyde?

Lac Clyde is a lake in Les Laurentides, Québec. MELCCFP classifies it zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe for 2025. This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade.

What is the water quality of Lac Clyde?

Lac Clyde in Les Laurentides, Québec is classified zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 5.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3.8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.7 µg/L.

Is Lac Clyde safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Lac Clyde?

The available depth estimate for Lac Clyde is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.

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 Clyde. It is shown here as theirs, in their words, and is not folded into the LakeQuality letter.

Most recent, 2025
zone de transition oligo-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 (15 classified 2013–2025)
YearPublished class
2024zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2023classe oligotrophe
2022classe oligotrophe
2021classe oligotrophe
2020zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2018zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2017zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2016zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2015zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2014zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2013zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe

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 Clyde 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)