Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet water level

Name: Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet 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

Lake, Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

195.65m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT (4 days ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet reads 195.65 m as of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this lake yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 195.61 m and 195.75 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.01 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 195.61 m – 195.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 195.63 m – 195.74 m

On the water at Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet

Watch the chart rather than the single number; it shows whether the shoreline is moving.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 14° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 16° 3° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 14° 6° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 14° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

24 Sat 16° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

25 Sun 17° 10° – Wind 21 km/h

26 Mon 8° 5° 3.6 mm Wind 12 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:27 PM Daylight 10 hr, 42 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Other gauges on Lake Nipissing

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lake Nipissing at West BayLake, Lake Nipissing	5.63 m	No reference yet	+0.04 m	26 km
Lake Nipissing at North BayLake, Lake Nipissing	5.63 m	Normal	−0.02 m	46 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
French River below Portage DamRiver gauge, French River	93.9 m³/s	Normal	+2.30 m³/s	0.7 km
French River at Chaudiere DamRiver gauge, French River	188.12 m	Low	+0.32 m	1.3 km
Little French River at Okikendawt IslandRiver gauge, Little French River	18.0 m³/s	Normal	−0.20 m³/s	5.2 km
French River at Wolseley BayRiver gauge, French River	186.75 m	Normal	±0	20 km
Dollars Lake below S NarrowsLake, Dollars Lake	7.60 m	Very low	±0	29 km
Veuve River near VernerRiver gauge, Veuve River	0.41 m	Low	−0.02 m	33 km
Pickerel River above Cantin LakeRiver gauge, Pickerel River	16.71 m	Low	−0.01 m	34 km
Commanda Creek near CommandaRiver gauge, Commanda Creek	1.05 m	Low	−0.01 m	37 km

Questions and answers

What is the water level of Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT, the water level was 195.65 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:02DD021 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 46.12553, -80.01231 (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	195.65 m	2026-10-16 15:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lake Nipissing at French River Outlet (eccc:02DD021). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/lake-nipissing-at-french-river-outlet

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.

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