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Lac des AbéNaquis

Les Etchemins, QuébecView mapDirections

classe hyper-eutrophe

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

Clarity
1.6 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
15.5 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
6 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Max depth
~14.3 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 47 ft max depth

Lac des AbéNaquis in Les Etchemins, Québec is classified classe hyper-eutrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 6 µg/L.

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Lac des AbéNaquis is a lake in Les Etchemins County, Québec with an estimated average depth of about 47 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 des AbéNaquis 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 des AbéNaquis

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

Murky, only visible to about 5.2 ft. Phosphorus 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 6 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)1.6 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus15.5 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)6 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~14.3 m est.
Average Depth~3.4 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 des AbéNaquis.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
15 sq mi
Surface area
299 acres
Shoreline
3.7 mi
Elevation
1,414 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 des AbéNaquis?

Lac des AbéNaquis is a lake in Les Etchemins, Québec. MELCCFP classifies it classe hyper-eutrophe for 2025. This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade.

What is the water quality of Lac des AbéNaquis?

Lac des AbéNaquis in Les Etchemins, Québec is classified classe hyper-eutrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Phosphorus: 15.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 6 µg/L.

Is Lac des AbéNaquis safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Lac des AbéNaquis?

No published bathymetric survey covers Lac des AbéNaquis, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 47 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 des AbéNaquis. It is shown here as theirs, in their words, and is not folded into the LakeQuality letter.

Most recent, 2025
classe hyper-eutrophe

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 (17 classified 2013–2025)
YearPublished class
2024classe eutrophe
2023zone de transition méso-eutrophe
2022classe mésotrophe
2021zone de transition méso-eutrophe
2020classe eutrophe
2019classe mésotrophe
2018zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2017classe eutrophe
2016classe eutrophe
2014zone de transition méso-eutrophe
2013classe 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 des AbéNaquis 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)