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Lac Lady

Papineau, QuébecView mapDirections

classe oligotrophe

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

Clarity
8.4 m
Secchi · sampled 2025
Phosphorus
2.3 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
0.9 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Max depth
~22.9 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 75 ft max depth

Lac Lady in Papineau, 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: 8.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.3 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 0.9 µg/L.

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Lac Lady is a lake in Papineau County, Québec with an estimated average depth of about 75 feet.

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

What Lac Lady is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water27.6 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 Lady 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 Lady

These are the measurements MELCCFP publishes for Lac Lady, 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 27.6 ft down. Phosphorus 2.3 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 0.9 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)8.4 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus2.3 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)0.9 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~22.9 m est.
Average Depth~14.3 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 Lady.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
2 sq mi
Surface area
284 acres
Shoreline
3.1 mi
Elevation
748 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 Lady?

Lac Lady is a lake in Papineau, 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 Lady?

Lac Lady in Papineau, 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: 8.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.3 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 0.9 µg/L.

Is Lac Lady safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Lac Lady?

No published bathymetric survey covers Lac Lady, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 75 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 Lady. 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 (14 classified 2013–2025)
YearPublished class
2024classe oligotrophe
2023classe oligotrophe
2022classe oligotrophe
2020classe oligotrophe
2019classe ultra-oligotrophe
2018classe ultra-oligotrophe
2017classe oligotrophe
2016classe oligotrophe
2015classe oligotrophe
2014classe oligotrophe
2013classe 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 Lady 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)