Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake water level

Name: Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake 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

River gauge, Baker Creek, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

28.95m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 08:15 PM MDT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 28.95 m, Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 29.11 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.16 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 28.94 m and 28.96 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 29.11 m0.16 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 28.91 m – 29.37 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 28.94 m – 28.96 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 28.95 m – 28.96 m

Conditions at Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About Baker Creek

Baker Creek is a stream in Alberta, Canada.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 5° -3° – Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 8° 1° – Wind 20 km/h

22 Thu 1° -2° – Wind 13 km/h

23 Fri 0° -3° – Wind 9 km/h

24 Sat 0° -4° 0.4 mm Wind 15 km/h

25 Sun 1° -6° – Wind 13 km/h

26 Mon 1° -2° – Wind 16 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:41 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 9 hr, 24 min Waxing gibbous 74%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Great Slave Lake at Yellowknife BayLake, Great Slave Lake	156.60 m	Normal	+0.06 m	8.6 km
Prosperous Lake near McMeekan BayLake, Prosperous Lake	158.10 m	Low	±0	13 km
Yellowknife River at Inlet to Prosperous LakeRiver gauge, Yellowknife River	152.77 m	Normal	+0.04 m	19 km
Bluefish Lake near YellowknifeLake, Bluefish Lake	185.79 m	Low	−0.01 m	20 km
Prelude Lake near YellowknifeLake, Prelude Lake	169.04 m	Normal	±0	24 km
Duncan Lake near YellowknifeLake, Duncan Lake	212.13 m	Normal	−0.01 m	38 km
Cameron River below Reid LakeRiver gauge, Cameron River	1.85 m	Normal	±0	46 km
Beaulieu River near Great Slave LakeRiver gauge, Beaulieu River	2.86 m	Normal	−0.01 m	80 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 29.11 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 28.91 m and 29.37 m, based on 20 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 28.95 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 08:15 PM MDT, the water level was 28.95 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:07SB013 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 62.51356, -114.40975 (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	28.95 m	2026-10-21 02:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake (eccc:07SB013). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/baker-creek-at-outlet-of-lower-martin-lake

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