Bennett Lake at Carcross water level

Name: Bennett Lake at Carcross 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, Bennett Lake, Yukon, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

1.99m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:05 AM PDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water is short at Bennett Lake at Carcross: the latest reading of 1.99 m is far below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 2.13 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.13 m below typical.

It is on the way up, by 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 1.97 m – 2.28 m.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 2.13 m0.13 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 2.01 m – 2.85 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.97 m – 2.28 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.97 m – 2.30 m

Boating and fishing at Bennett Lake at Carcross

At low levels, launching can mean a long walk or a closed ramp, and shallow points stick out further than charts suggest.

Conditions at the shore change with the level, so check with the agency that runs the lake before a trip.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 31 mm.

18 Sun 4° 1° 0.6 mm, 66% Wind 10 km/h

19 Mon 3° 1° – Wind 12 km/h

20 Tue 7° 2° 9.1 mm, 98% Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 4° 0° – Wind 14 km/h

22 Thu 3° -1° 1.8 mm, 27% Wind 6 km/h

23 Fri 2° -1° 0.6 mm Wind 4 km/h

24 Sat 1° -2° – Wind 6 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:47 AM Sunset 06:42 PM Daylight 9 hr, 56 min First quarter 50%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Wheaton River near CarcrossRiver gauge, Wheaton River	1.76 m	Normal	−0.01 m	11 km
Tagish Lake at 10 Mile RoadLake, Tagish Lake	6.88 m	Very low	+0.02 m	18 km
Tutshi River at Outlet of Tutshi LakeRiver gauge, Tutshi River	11.02 m	Normal	±0	32 km
Marsh Lake near WhitehorseLake, Marsh Lake	2.73 m	Normal	±0	45 km
Yukon River at WhitehorseRiver gauge, Yukon River	29.26 m	Very low	±0	67 km
Ibex River near WhitehorseRiver gauge, Ibex River	4.16 m	Very high	−0.01 m	76 km
Atlin River near AtlinRiver gauge, Atlin River	157 m³/s	Normal	−2.00 m³/s	80 km
Atlin Lake at AtlinLake, Atlin Lake	2.21 m	Normal	−0.01 m	86 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Bennett Lake at Carcross in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 2.13 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 2.01 m and 2.85 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Bennett Lake at Carcross today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:05 AM PDT, the water level was 1.99 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bennett Lake at Carcross rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bennett Lake at Carcross normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 11 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:09AA004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 60.16389, -134.70750 (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	1.99 m	2026-10-18 13:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bennett Lake at Carcross (eccc:09AA004). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/yukon/bennett-lake-at-carcross

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