Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids water level

Name: Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids 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, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

3.82m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 04:15 PM PDT (27 min ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids is at 3.82 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 3.87 m, based on 19 years of readings, so the water level is 0.04 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 3.82 m and 4.45 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 3.87 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.33 m – 4.38 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.82 m – 4.45 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.84 m – 4.44 m

On the river

Outside the spring freshet, most rivers settle into a gentler pattern, broken by storms.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest and tundra. It forms, along with the Slave, Peace, and Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 0° -4° – Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 4° -2° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 3° -2° 0.8 mm, 55% Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu -1° -5° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri -3° -7° – Wind 5 km/h

24 Sat -2° -7° – Wind 13 km/h

25 Sun 1° -5° – Wind 11 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:44 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 9 hr, 12 min First quarter 63%

Map

Other gauges on the Mackenzie River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mackenzie River at Fort Good HopeRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	1.39 m	Normal	−0.01 m	54 km
Mackenzie River at Norman WellsRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	4.16 m	Normal	−0.03 m	103 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Chick Creek above Chick LakeRiver gauge, Chick Creek	8.62 m	Low	+0.06 m	30 km
Mountain River below Cambrian CreekRiver gauge, Mountain River	4.89 m	Very high	−0.04 m	60 km
Carcajou River below Imperial RiverRiver gauge, Carcajou River	4.03 m	Normal	−0.09 m	72 km
Oscar Creek near Norman WellsRiver gauge, Oscar Creek	7.81 m	Normal	−0.06 m	73 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.87 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.33 m and 4.38 m, based on 19 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 3.82 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 04:15 PM PDT, the water level was 3.82 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 19 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:10KD001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 65.76426, -128.74979 (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	3.82 m	2026-10-19 23:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Mackenzie River at Sans Sault Rapids (eccc:10KD001). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/mackenzie-river-at-sans-sault-rapids

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer