Porcupine Lake near Porcupine water level

Name: Porcupine Lake near Porcupine 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, Porcupine Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

97.60m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 08:50 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water is short at Porcupine Lake near Porcupine: the latest reading of 97.60 m is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.22 m below the median of 97.82 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 97.53 m – 97.64 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: 97.82 m0.22 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 97.42 m – 98.10 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 97.53 m – 97.64 m

Boating and fishing at Porcupine Lake near Porcupine

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

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 15° -3° – Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 14° 4° – Wind 19 km/h

22 Thu 9° 3° – Wind 7 km/h

23 Fri 13° 3° – Wind 14 km/h

24 Sat 16° 5° – Wind 22 km/h

25 Sun 16° 4° 0.2 mm, 21% Wind 22 km/h

26 Mon 5° 1° – Wind 12 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:54 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mountjoy River near TimminsRiver gauge, Mountjoy River	93.81 m	Normal	±0	18 km
Mattagami River near TimminsRiver gauge, Mattagami River	2.14 m	Low	−0.05 m	21 km
Tatachikapika River near TimminsRiver gauge, Tatachikapika River	94.16 m	Normal	−0.02 m	33 km
Kamiskotia River above Enid CreekRiver gauge, Kamiskotia River	6.23 m	Normal	−0.04 m	36 km
Driftwood River at MonteithRiver gauge, Driftwood River	261.01 m	Normal	±0	42 km
Watabeag Lake at Watabeag Lake DamLake, Watabeag Lake	316.93 m	Very low	±0	52 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Porcupine Lake near Porcupine in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 97.82 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 97.42 m and 98.10 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Porcupine Lake near Porcupine today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 08:50 PM EDT, the water level was 97.60 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Porcupine Lake near Porcupine rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Porcupine Lake near Porcupine 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:04MD005 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.47781, -81.19044 (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	97.60 m	2026-10-21 00:50	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Porcupine Lake near Porcupine (eccc:04MD005). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/porcupine-lake-near-porcupine

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