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Lac des Roches

Les Pays-d'en-Haut, QuébecView mapDirections

classe oligotrophe

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

Clarity
4 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
6 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
2.4 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP

Lac des Roches in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Québec is classified classe oligotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.4 µg/L.

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Lac des Roches is a lake in Les Pays-d'en-Haut County, Québec.

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

What Lac des Roches is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water13.1 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 Roches 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 Roches

These are the measurements MELCCFP publishes for Lac des Roches, 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 13.1 ft. Phosphorus 6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 2.4 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)4 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus6 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)2.4 µg/LMeasured, not scored

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Where is Lac des Roches?

Lac des Roches is a lake in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Québec. MELCCFP classifies it classe oligotrophe for 2025. This is MELCCFP's own trophic classification for 2025, not a LakeQuality grade.

What is the water quality of Lac des Roches?

Lac des Roches in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, Québec is classified classe oligotrophe by Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (Québec) for 2025. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.4 µg/L.

Is Lac des Roches 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 Roches. It is shown here as theirs, in their words, and is not folded into the LakeQuality letter.

Most recent, 2025
classe oligotrophe

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 (3 classified 2023–2025)
YearPublished class
2024zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2023classe oligotrophe

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 Roches 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.