Clear River near Bear Canyon water level

Name: Clear River near Bear Canyon 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, Clear River, Alberta, Canada

Directions

Very low for early October

Water level

0.66m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT (8 days ago)

This gauge last reported 8 days ago. The value may be out of date; check the agency page before you rely on it.

History

Not enough readings for a chart yet. History builds up with every update.

What this means

At 0.66 m, the Clear River near Bear Canyon is far below normal for early October. That reading is from Oct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT, so the gauge may be offline or reporting late.

That puts it 0.49 m below the median of 1.15 m for early October, based on 13 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.66 m and 0.67 m.

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

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.15 m0.49 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.03 m – 1.41 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.66 m – 0.67 m

Conditions at Clear River near Bear Canyon

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

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 10° 3° – Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 10° 0° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 11° -1° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 10° 3° 0.3 mm Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 9° 1° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 4° 0° 0.6 mm, 31% Wind 11 km/h

24 Sat 1° -1° – Wind 8 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:37 AM Sunset 06:52 PM Daylight 10 hr, 14 min First quarter 47%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Peace River above Alces RiverRiver gauge, Peace River	3.66 m	Very high	−0.01 m	31 km
Eureka River near WorsleyRiver gauge, Eureka River	1.56 m	Normal	±0	37 km
Pouce Coupe River below Henderson CreekRiver gauge, Pouce Coupe River	10.03 m	Low	−0.02 m	54 km
Beatton River near Fort St. JohnRiver gauge, Beatton River	2.10 m	Normal	+0.04 m	63 km
Peace River near TaylorRiver gauge, Peace River	3.29 m	Very high	−0.02 m	64 km
Kiskatinaw River near FarmingtonRiver gauge, Kiskatinaw River	9.81 m³/s	Very high	+2.41 m³/s	67 km
Peace River at Dunvegan BridgeRiver gauge, Peace River	3.95 m	High	+0.09 m	79 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Clear River near Bear Canyon in early October?

The median for early October is 1.15 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.03 m and 1.41 m, based on 13 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 0.66 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Clear River near Bear Canyon today?

On Oct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT, the water level was 0.66 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Clear River near Bear Canyon rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Clear River near Bear Canyon normal?

Very low for early October. Compared with 13 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:07FD009 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 56.30783, -119.68050 (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	0.66 m	2026-10-10 04:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Clear River near Bear Canyon (eccc:07FD009). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/clear-river-near-bear-canyon

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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