Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake water level

Name: Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake 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, Dubawnt River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

9.97m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 10:20 PM CST (1 hour ago)

Flow: 417 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake is at 9.97 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 9.56 m, based on 8 years of readings, so the water level is 0.41 m above typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 9.78 m and 9.99 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 9.56 m0.41 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 9.31 m – 10.44 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (8 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 9.78 m – 9.99 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 9.83 m – 9.99 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 Dubawnt River

Dubawnt Lake is a lake in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is 3,630 km2 (1,400 sq mi) in size and has several islands. It is about 320 km (200 mi) north of the Four Corners, about 480 km (300 mi) west of Hudson Bay and about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. To the northwest is the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary. Its main inlet and outlet is the north-flowing Dubawnt River which joins the Thelon River at Beverly Lake. The Thelon flows east to Hudson Bay at Chesterfield Inlet. It is on the line of contact between the Sayisi Dene band of Eastern Caribou-Eater Chipewyan people and the Harvaqtuurmiut and Ihalmiut bands of Caribou Inuit. The first recorded European to reach the lake was Samuel Hearne in 1770, but it remained largely unknown to outsiders until it was explored by Joseph Tyrrell in 1893. There are no permanent settlements but there are fly-in fish camps where large lake trout can be caught during the two month ice-free season.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 0° -3° 0.1 mm Wind 31 km/h

20 Tue -2° -5° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 3° -5° 0.8 mm Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 1° -4° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri -3° -8° – Wind 12 km/h

24 Sat -5° -8° – Wind 25 km/h

25 Sun -6° -7° 0.3 mm, 20% Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:50 AM Sunset 05:19 PM Daylight 9 hr, 28 min First quarter 65%

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Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.56 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 9.31 m and 10.44 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 9.97 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 10:20 PM CST, the water level was 9.97 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake normal?

Normal 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:06KB003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 62.85986, -102.23892 (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	9.97 m	2026-10-20 04:20	Provisional
Flow	417 m³/s	2026-10-20 04:20	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Dubawnt River above Dubawnt Lake (eccc:06KB003). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/dubawnt-river-above-dubawnt-lake

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