Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie water level

Name: Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie 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, Lac Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

5.13m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 01:25 PM EDT (2 hours ago)

History

What this means

Water is short at Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie: the latest reading of 5.13 m is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 5.46 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.33 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 4.85 m, a difference of +0.28 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 5.09 m – 5.49 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: 5.46 m0.33 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.00 m – 5.74 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Same day last year: 4.85 m+0.28 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.09 m – 5.49 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 4.30 m – 5.51 m

Boating and fishing at Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie

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: 15 mm.

18 Sun 15° 4° – Wind 25 km/h

19 Mon 14° 5° – Wind 23 km/h

20 Tue 13° 1° – Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 15° 1° – Wind 20 km/h

22 Thu 11° 2° 0.1 mm Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 9° -2° – Wind 8 km/h

24 Sat 11° -1° – Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 52%

Map

Other gauges on the Lac Témiscamingue

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lac Témiscamingue à TémiscamingLake, Lac Témiscamingue	5.01 m	Very low	−0.04 m	73 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lake Timiskaming at HaileyburyLake, Lake Timiskaming	4.66 m	Low	+0.02 m	19 km
Montreal River at LatchfordRiver gauge, Montreal River	4.66 m	Very low	−0.02 m	28 km
Bay Lake at LatchfordLake, Bay Lake	6.97 m	Low	−0.05 m	28 km
Montreal River near Mowat LandingRiver gauge, Montreal River	98.21 m	No reference yet	−0.03 m	43 km
Lake Timiskaming at McLarens PointLake, Lake Timiskaming	99.11 m	No reference yet	±0	55 km
Montreal River at Mountain ChutesRiver gauge, Montreal River	2.45 m	No reference yet	+0.02 m	66 km
Blanche River above EnglehartRiver gauge, Blanche River	25.50 m	Low	−0.01 m	70 km

Questions and answers

Is Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.28 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 4.85 m.

What is a normal level for Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.46 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.00 m and 5.74 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 01:25 PM EDT, the water level was 5.13 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie 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:02JE026 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 47.32931, -79.44461 (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	5.13 m	2026-10-18 17:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-Marie (eccc:02JE026). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/quebec/lac-temiscamingue-a-ville-marie

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