Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming water level

Name: Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming 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, Lac Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

5.08m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 08:55 AM EDT (2 hours ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water is short at Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming: the latest reading of 5.08 m is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 5.37 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.29 m below typical.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. The 30-day range is 5.00 m – 5.47 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: 5.37 m0.29 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.04 m – 5.57 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.00 m – 5.47 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.02 m – 5.45 m

Boating and fishing at Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming

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

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.7 mm.

17 Sat 6° -3° – Wind 20 km/h

18 Sun 13° 2° – Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 17° 8° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 14° 3° – Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 14° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

22 Thu 12° 3° 0.6 mm Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 14° 1° – Wind 4 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 06:27 PM Daylight 10 hr, 50 min First quarter 41%

Map

Other gauges on the Lac Témiscamingue

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-MarieLake, Lac Témiscamingue	5.13 m	Low	−0.02 m	73 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ottawa River at ThorneRiver gauge, Ottawa River	9.60 m	Normal	+0.08 m	2.1 km
Lake Timiskaming at McLarens PointLake, Lake Timiskaming	99.11 m	No reference yet	±0	18 km
Mattawa River below Bouillon LakeRiver gauge, Mattawa River	8.46 m	No reference yet	+0.03 m	49 km
Chippewa Creek at North BayRiver gauge, Chippewa Creek	13.25 m	Normal	−0.09 m	52 km
Lake Nipissing at North BayLake, Lake Nipissing	5.67 m	Normal	±0	53 km
Little Sturgeon River below Booth LakeRiver gauge, Little Sturgeon River	2.66 m	Normal	+0.08 m	53 km
Ottawa River at MattawaRiver gauge, Ottawa River	52.32 m	Low	−0.15 m	54 km
La Vase River at North BayRiver gauge, La Vase River	10.84 m	Normal	+0.10 m	55 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.37 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.04 m and 5.57 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 08:55 AM EDT, the water level was 5.08 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming 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:02JE025 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 46.71844, -79.10503 (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	5.08 m	2026-10-17 12:55	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lac Témiscamingue à Témiscaming (eccc:02JE025). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/quebec/lac-temiscamingue-a-temiscaming

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