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Lac des ÉRables

Maskinongé, QuébecView mapDirections

zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe

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

Clarity
4.4 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
5.2 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
1.9 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP

Lac des ÉRables in Maskinongé, 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: 4.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5.2 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.9 µg/L.

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Lac des ÉRables is a lake in Maskinongé County, Québec.

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

What Lac des ÉRables is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water14.3 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 des ÉRables 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 ÉRables

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

Good clarity, visible to about 14.3 ft. Phosphorus 5.2 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.9 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)4.35 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus5.2 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)1.9 µg/LMeasured, not scored

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Where is Lac des ÉRables?

Lac des ÉRables is a lake in Maskinongé, 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 des ÉRables?

Lac des ÉRables in Maskinongé, 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: 4.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 5.2 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.9 µg/L.

Is Lac des ÉRables safe to swim in?

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

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 ÉRables. 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 (14 classified 2011–2025)
YearPublished class
2024zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2023classe oligotrophe
2022zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2021zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2020classe mésotrophe
2019classe mésotrophe
2018classe mésotrophe
2017classe oligotrophe
2016classe oligotrophe
2015zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2011zone 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 des ÉRables 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.