Mersey River below Mill Falls water level

Name: Mersey River below Mill Falls 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, Mersey River, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.71m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM ADT (55 min ago)

Flow: 1.98 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 0.71 m, the Mersey River below Mill Falls is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.15 m below the median of 0.86 m for mid-October, based on 16 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 0.64 m and 0.72 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.86 m0.15 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.67 m – 1.09 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.64 m – 0.72 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.65 m – 1.85 m

Conditions at Mersey River below Mill Falls

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

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Mersey River

The Mersey River, formerly known as Rivière Rossignol by the Acadians, is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after the River Mersey in Liverpool, England. The river proper flows from the eastern end of Eleven Mile Lake in Annapolis County southward to Kejimkujik Lake in Kejimkujik National Park, then through Lake Rossignol to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The true source of the river however is as far northwest as Sandy Bottom Lake or Tuskopeake Brook on the northern tributary.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 8° -3° – Wind 12 km/h

19 Mon 11° 0° – Wind 13 km/h

20 Tue 14° 4° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 13° 4° – Wind 16 km/h

22 Thu 15° 4° – Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 6° 2° 0.3 mm, 24% Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 8° -2° – Wind 14 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:33 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on the Mersey River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mersey River below George LakeRiver gauge, Mersey River	1.15 m	Normal	+0.01 m	12 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Moose Pit Brook at Tupper LakeRiver gauge, Moose Pit Brook	1.05 m	Normal	−0.02 m	14 km
Shelburne River at Pollard'S Falls BridgeRiver gauge, Shelburne River	0.65 m	Normal	±0	25 km
Annapolis River at LawrencetownRiver gauge, Annapolis River	1.95 m	Very high	−0.03 m	50 km
Lahave River at West NorthfieldRiver gauge, Lahave River	2.06 m	Normal	+0.01 m	50 km
Annapolis River at WilmotRiver gauge, Annapolis River	1.02 m	Normal	−0.03 m	59 km
Roseway River at Lower OhioRiver gauge, Roseway River	1.95 m	Normal	+0.03 m	68 km
Tusket River at Wilson'S BridgeRiver gauge, Tusket River	0.75 m	Low	+0.04 m	77 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Mersey River below Mill Falls in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.86 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.67 m and 1.09 m, based on 16 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 0.71 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mersey River below Mill Falls today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM ADT, the water level was 0.71 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Mersey River below Mill Falls rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Mersey River below Mill Falls normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 16 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:01ED007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 44.43678, -65.22186 (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	0.71 m	2026-10-18 21:50	Provisional
Flow	1.98 m³/s	2026-10-18 21:50	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Mersey River below Mill Falls (eccc:01ED007). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nova-scotia/mersey-river-below-mill-falls

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