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Lake · Alberta

Lac des Arcs

1,292 m4,239 ft
Tonight
-6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h W

Lac des Arcs is a lake at 1,292 m above sea level in Alberta, Canada.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,292 m
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3D map

Lac des Arcs 3D map

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Lac des Arcs terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lac des Arcs elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Lac des Arcs weather

Today · Clear · -6 / 0°C (21 / 32°F) · Wind 6 km/h W

Lac des Arcs forecast for about 1,292 m.

  • Today-6°0°–6 km/h W
  • Sat-5°1°4.5 mm8 km/h NE
  • Sun-6°-1°–8 km/h W
  • Mon-1°5°–8 km/h W
  • Tue-2°6°0.4 mm8 km/h W
  • Wed-3°-1°5.9 mm5 km/h NE
  • Thu-4°-1°6.5 mm4 km/h NE
  • Fri-7°-3°1.0 mm11 km/h W
  • Sat-9°-2°–14 km/h W
  • Sun-5°1°–15 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Lac des Arcs

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lac des Arcs, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    Day Use Only

    1.1 km E · +2 more within 1.2 km

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  • Nearest campsite

    Lac Des Arcs Campground

    1.1 km ESE · +2 more within 4.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    McGillivray Creek and Canyon Trail Head

    2.1 km W · +1 more within 2.0 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    5.4 km WSW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Day Use OnlyParking1.1 km E
Lac Des Arcs CampgroundCampsite1.1 km ESE
Parking1.2 km ENE
Parking1.2 km ENE
Trailhead2.0 km NW
McGillivray Creek and Canyon Trail HeadTrailhead2.1 km W
Exshaw Community CampgroundCampsite2.6 km ENE
Quaite Valley Backcountry CampgroundCampsite4.6 km E
Hut5.4 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
52.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
28.6%
Steep, 30–45°
17.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.9%
Steeper than 30°
19.1% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
738 m low point 1,287 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 65.2%Water 17.3%Bare rock / sparse 9.2%Built-up 5.8%Grassland 2.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 284 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Purple Clematis30
  • Wood Lily26
  • Trumpeter Swan25
  • Common juniper22
  • Red osier dogwood18
  • Bearberry15
Where it sits

Where Lac des Arcs sits

Region
Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
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Sources

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Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-20)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
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