Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island water level

Name: Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island 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, Churchill River Outlet, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

-0.27m Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 AM ADT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At −0.27 m, the Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is −0.17 m, based on 7 years of readings, so the water level is 0.10 m below typical.

The water is rising: up 0.22 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between −0.66 m and 0.51 m.

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

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: −0.17 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: −0.31 m – 0.05 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: −0.66 m – 0.51 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: −0.45 m – 0.14 m

Conditions at Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island

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: 6.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 6° 3° – Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 7° 0° – Wind 22 km/h

22 Thu 5° 2° 2.3 mm, 55% Wind 31 km/h

23 Fri 3° 1° 0.1 mm Wind 30 km/h

24 Sat 6° -1° – Wind 14 km/h

25 Sun 7° 3° 3.9 mm, 38% Wind 21 km/h

26 Mon 8° 2° – Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 05:55 PM Daylight 10 hr, 18 min First quarter 69%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Churchill River English PointRiver gauge	−0.18 m	Low	+0.25 m	7.4 km
Churchill River at End of Mud Lake RoadRiver gauge, Churchill River	−0.16 m	Low	−0.02 m	7.9 km
Mud Lake Outlet Tributary at Mud LakeRiver gauge, Mud Lake Outlet Tributary	−0.16 m	Very low	+0.08 m	11 km
Churchill River at Happy ValleyRiver gauge, Churchill River	0.23 m	Low	+0.12 m	15 km
Churchill River below Traverspine RiverRiver gauge, Churchill River	0.23 m	Low	+0.13 m	16 km
Churchill River 6.15 Kms below Lower Muskrat FallsRiver gauge, Churchill River 6.15 Kms	2.06 m	Very low	+0.08 m	39 km
Churchill River above Upper Muskrat FallsRiver gauge, Churchill River	38.91 m	Normal	−0.10 m	46 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is −0.17 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between −0.31 m and 0.05 m, based on 7 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 −0.27 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 AM ADT, the water level was −0.27 m. Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island rising or falling?

Up 0.22 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 7 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.

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Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:03PD002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.40217, -60.14939 (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	−0.27 m	2026-10-20 13:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Churchill River Outlet at Rabbit Island (eccc:03PD002). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/churchill-river-outlet-at-rabbit-island

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