Ramsey Lake - Québec
Ramsey Lake, in Québec, offers an easy freshwater dive, perfect for beginners or those refreshing skills. The shallow 8-meter depth makes for relaxed bottom times, focusing on the aquatic plants and small fish that populate the lakebed. Visibility can vary, but on a good day, it's a calm spot to practice buoyancy and navigation without strong currents or complex conditions. It’s a solid choice for local training dives.
- Location
- Québec, Canada, North America
- Coordinates
- 46.469900, -80.944400
- Type
- shore
- Maximum Depth
- 8m
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Nearby Dive Sites in Québec
- Alice G.Tobermory Tugs (Wreck) - 12m (wreck)
- Aloha- Effie Mai - 10-30m (wreck)
- Amburgs Reef (reef)
- Arabia (Wreck) - 34m (wreck)
- Ash Island Barge - 10-20m (wreck)
- Barrett Reef (reef)
- Beaufort Reef (reef)
- Beaufort Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Big Bay Point - 5-20m (reef)
- Boarding House Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Boulton Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Bourinot Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Boyer Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Bray Reef (reef)
- Brockville Underwater Sculpture Park
Nearest Dive Centres to Ramsey Lake
- Aquarius Scuba
- Aqua Service
- AquaSystems - NAUI
- Barrie Scuba House - ["PADI"]
- Canadian Sport Subs, Ltd. - ["PADI"]
- Carlos Lopez
Marine Life in Québec
Home to 44 recorded species including 37 reef fish, 3 sea snails & nudibranchs, 2 other, 2 clams & mussels.
Notable Species
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - Reef Fish
- Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) - Reef Fish
- Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - Reef Fish
- Cisco (Coregonus artedi) - Reef Fish
- Spawn (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - Reef Fish
- White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - Reef Fish
- Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) - Reef Fish
- Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - Reef Fish
- pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) - Reef Fish
- sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) - Reef Fish
- Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) - Reef Fish
- White Perch (Morone americana) - Reef Fish
- Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) - Reef Fish
- Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Reef Fish
- Sea Trout (Salmo trutta) - Reef Fish
- Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - Reef Fish
- brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - Reef Fish
- American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) - Reef Fish
- burbot (Lota lota) - Reef Fish