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SwedenGreat Bear Lake at Hornby Bay water level
Lake, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
Right now
Very low for mid-October
Water level
History
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What this means
Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay is far below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 6.08 m.
The median for mid-October is 6.44 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.36 m below typical.
It has dropped 0.09 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 6.01 m and 6.25 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
- 6.44 m0.36 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 6.12 m – 6.56 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 6.01 m – 6.25 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 6.08 m – 6.21 m
On the water at Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay
A receding shoreline opens up beaches but also uncovers hazards: stumps, rocks and soft mud that are usually well under water.
Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 17 mm.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
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Questions and answers
What is a normal level for Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 6.44 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 6.12 m and 6.56 m, based on 11 years of records.
What is the water level of Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay today?
On Oct 20, 2026, 07:15 AM MDT, the water level was 6.08 m. Down 0.09 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay rising or falling?
Down 0.09 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.07 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay normal?
Very 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:10JE002(Agency page)- Coordinates
66.61216, -117.60606(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 | 6.08 m | 2026-10-20 13:15 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Great Bear Lake at Hornby Bay (eccc:10JE002). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/great-bear-lake-at-hornby-bay
How we check values
Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.
Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer