Bay Lake at Latchford water level

Name: Bay Lake at Latchford water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Lake, Bay Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

6.97m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 05:55 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

What this means

Water is short at Bay Lake at Latchford: the latest reading of 6.97 m is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.05 m below the median of 7.02 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 6.95 m (+0.02 m).

It is still going down, by 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. The 30-day range is 6.97 m – 7.11 m.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 7.02 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 6.93 m – 7.09 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Same day last year: 6.95 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 6.97 m – 7.11 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 6.54 m – 7.10 m

Boating and fishing at Bay Lake at Latchford

At low levels, launching can mean a long walk or a closed ramp, and shallow points stick out further than charts suggest.

Conditions at the shore change with the level, so check with the agency that runs the lake before a trip.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.5 mm.

18 Sun 14° 4° – Wind 29 km/h

19 Mon 14° 6° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 12° 2° – Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 13° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 11° 4° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 11° 0° – Wind 9 km/h

24 Sat 12° 3° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:28 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 53%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Montreal River at LatchfordRiver gauge, Montreal River	4.66 m	Very low	−0.02 m	0.2 km
Lake Timiskaming at HaileyburyLake, Lake Timiskaming	4.66 m	Low	+0.02 m	20 km
Montreal River near Mowat LandingRiver gauge, Montreal River	98.21 m	No reference yet	−0.03 m	20 km
Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-MarieLake, Lac Témiscamingue	5.13 m	Low	+0.01 m	28 km
Montreal River at Mountain ChutesRiver gauge, Montreal River	2.47 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	45 km
Sturgeon River at Upper Goose FallsRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	4.50 m	Very low	+0.01 m	63 km
Blanche River above EnglehartRiver gauge, Blanche River	25.51 m	Low	−0.01 m	63 km
Lake Timiskaming at McLarens PointLake, Lake Timiskaming	99.11 m	No reference yet	±0	68 km

Questions and answers

How does Bay Lake at Latchford compare with last year?

It is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 6.95 m.

What is a normal level for Bay Lake at Latchford in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.02 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 6.93 m and 7.09 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Bay Lake at Latchford today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 05:55 PM EDT, the water level was 6.97 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bay Lake at Latchford rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.08 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bay Lake at Latchford normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02JD013 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 47.32103, -79.81200 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	6.97 m	2026-10-18 21:55	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bay Lake at Latchford (eccc:02JD013). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/bay-lake-at-latchford

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