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Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix water level

River gauge, Camsell River, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Right now

Low for mid-October

Water level

8.86m Steady over the last 24 hours

Flow
4.83 m³/s
8.8 9.0 9.3

History

History
8.89.09.2mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Oct 208.89.09.2mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20
8.89.09.2mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 13Oct 208.89.09.2mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 8.86 m, the Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 9.14 m, based on 8 years of readings, so the water level is 0.27 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 8.84 m and 8.88 m.

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

Compared with 8 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
9.14 m0.27 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
8.75 m – 9.27 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (8 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
8.84 m – 8.88 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
8.85 m – 8.88 m

Conditions at Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix

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

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Camsell River

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

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.

20 Tue 2° -3° 0.2 mm Wind 22 km/h
21 Wed 6° -1° 0.4 mm Wind 20 km/h
22 Thu 0° -2° – Wind 15 km/h
23 Fri 0° -2° – Wind 10 km/h
24 Sat -1° -4° – Wind 8 km/h
25 Sun 0° -4° – Wind 13 km/h
26 Mon 1° -1° 0.6 mm Wind 15 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:56 AM Sunset 06:13 PM Daylight 9 hr, 18 min Waxing gibbous 69%

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Other gauges on the Camsell River

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Camsell River at Outlet of Clut LakeRiver gauge, Camsell River 2.77 m Low +0.01 m 149 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.14 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.75 m and 9.27 m, based on 8 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 8.86 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 08:10 AM MDT, the water level was 8.86 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 8 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:10JA003 (Agency page)
Coordinates
64.27333, -117.25231 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 8.86 m 2026-10-20 14:10 Provisional
Flow 4.83 m³/s 2026-10-20 14:10 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Camsell River above Lac Ste. Croix (eccc:10JA003). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/camsell-river-above-lac-ste-croix

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.