Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 water level

Name: Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 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, Black Sturgeon River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

186.47m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT (3 days ago)

Flow: 3.55 m³/s

History

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Water level

What this means

The Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 is running far below normal at 186.47 m.

It has risen 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 186.39 m and 186.47 m.

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

Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 186.39 m – 186.47 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 186.39 m – 186.46 m

On the river

Outside the spring freshet, most rivers settle into a gentler pattern, broken by storms.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 14° 3° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 12° 2° – Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 16° 5° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 14° 5° – Wind 10 km/h

23 Fri 14° 7° – Wind 13 km/h

24 Sat 14° 9° 0.6 mm, 23% Wind 18 km/h

25 Sun 14° 4° 0.3 mm, 28% Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:21 AM Sunset 06:58 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 62%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Wolf River at Highway No. 17River gauge, Wolf River	189.89 m	Low	+0.01 m	15 km
Nipigon River below Alexander Generating StationRiver gauge, Nipigon River	26.58 m	Normal	−0.02 m	24 km
Gravel River near CaversRiver gauge, Gravel River	3.30 m	Normal	−0.03 m	50 km
North Current River near Thunder BayRiver gauge, North Current River	27.90 m	Low	−0.01 m	73 km
Current River at StepstoneRiver gauge, Current River	1.91 m	Low	−0.01 m	74 km
McVicar Creek at Thunder BayRiver gauge, McVicar Creek	4.97 m	Low	−0.01 m	80 km

Questions and answers

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 186.47 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT, the water level was 186.47 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 5 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:02AC002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.90422, -88.37686 (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	186.47 m	2026-10-16 15:30	Provisional
Flow	3.55 m³/s	2026-10-19 21:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Black Sturgeon River at Highway No. 17 (eccc:02AC002). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/black-sturgeon-river-at-highway-no-17

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