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SwedenBack River below Beechy Lake water level
River gauge, Back River, Nunavut, Canada
Right now
Normal for mid-October
Water level
- Flow
- 89.0 m³/s
History
What this means
The Back River below Beechy Lake is at 1.77 m, in the normal range for mid-October.
That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 1.80 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.
It has risen 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.71 m and 1.92 m.
Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.
Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Median for this date
- 1.80 m0.03 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 1.61 m – 2.35 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 1.71 m – 1.92 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 1.75 m – 1.90 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 Back River
The Back River, formerly Backs River, is the 20th longest Canadian river and is located in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It rises at an unnamed lake in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories and flows more than 974 km (605 mi) mostly through the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, to its mouth at the Arctic Ocean in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut.
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
The forecast is not available right now.
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Questions and answers
What is a normal level for the Back River below Beechy Lake in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 1.80 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.61 m and 2.35 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 1.77 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Back River below Beechy Lake today?
On Oct 17, 2026, 05:15 PM CST, the water level was 1.77 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Back River below Beechy Lake rising or falling?
Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Back River below Beechy Lake normal?
Normal 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:10RA001(Agency page)- Coordinates
65.18722, -106.08583(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 | 1.77 m | 2026-10-17 23:15 | Provisional |
| Flow | 89.0 m³/s | 2026-10-17 23:15 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Back River below Beechy Lake (eccc:10RA001). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nunavut/back-river-below-beechy-lake
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