As for the land cleared in the nineteenth century in the northern part of the lake, it has been abandoned and reforested.

The trophic status of the lake is at an advanced intermediate stage of eutrophication, with high nutrient and sediment inputs.

Source: Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network, 2010, Environmental Policy, City of Saint-Tite 2012.

It may be of agricultural origin due to the dominance of this condition in the Geographical Units of Analysis (UGA).

The agricultural and forest lands of Mékinac encourage the emergence of non-traditional crops and small farms that can be developed by agritourism activities.