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Petit Lac Long

Les Pays-d'en-Haut, 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
3.9 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Chlorophyll-a
1.7 µg/L
Measured by MELCCFP
Max depth
~11.6 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 38 ft max depth

Petit Lac Long in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, 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: 3.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.7 µg/L.

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Petit Lac Long is a lake in Les Pays-d'en-Haut County, Québec with an estimated average depth of about 38 feet.

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

What Petit Lac Long is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

  • Clear water14.4 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 Petit Lac Long 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 Petit Lac Long

These are the measurements MELCCFP publishes for Petit Lac Long, 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 14.4 ft. Phosphorus 3.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.7 µg/L.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)4.4 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus3.9 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)1.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~11.6 m est.
Average Depth~4.6 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 Petit Lac Long.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
Surface area
35 acres
Shoreline
1.5 mi
Elevation
1,283 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 Petit Lac Long?

Petit Lac Long is a lake in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, 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 Petit Lac Long?

Petit Lac Long in Les Pays-d'en-Haut, 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: 3.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.7 µg/L.

Is Petit Lac Long safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Petit Lac Long?

No published bathymetric survey covers Petit Lac Long, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 38 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 Petit Lac Long. 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 (11 classified 2010–2025)
YearPublished class
2024zone de transition oligo-mésotrophe
2023classe oligotrophe
2022classe oligotrophe
2021classe oligotrophe
2017classe mésotrophe
2016classe oligotrophe
2015classe oligotrophe
2014classe oligotrophe
2013classe oligotrophe
2010classe 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 Petit Lac Long 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)