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SwedenWinisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids water level
River gauge, Winisk River, Ontario, Canada
Right now
Very low for mid-October
Water level
- Flow
- 54.0 m³/s
History
What this means
At 28.29 m, the Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids is far below normal for mid-October.
The median for mid-October is 29.51 m, based on 13 years of readings, so the water level is 1.22 m below typical.
The water is rising: up 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 28.12 m and 28.63 m.
Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.
Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Median for this date
- 29.51 m1.22 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 28.37 m – 30.18 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 28.12 m – 28.63 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 28.20 m – 28.67 m
Conditions at Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids
Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.
Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.
About the Winisk River
The Winisk River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, that starts at Wunnummin Lake and flows east to Winisk Lake. From there it continues in a mostly northerly direction to Hudson Bay. The Winisk River is 475 kilometres (295 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 67,300 square kilometres (26,000 sq mi). The name is from Cree origin meaning "groundhog".
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 3.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
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Questions and answers
What is a normal level for the Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 29.51 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 28.37 m and 30.18 m, based on 13 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 28.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids today?
On Oct 18, 2026, 04:25 PM EDT, the water level was 28.29 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids rising or falling?
Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids normal?
Very low for mid-October. Compared with 13 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:04DA002(Agency page)- Coordinates
52.95973, -87.68946(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 | 28.29 m | 2026-10-18 20:25 | Provisional |
| Flow | 54.0 m³/s | 2026-10-18 20:25 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Winisk River at Kanuchuan Rapids (eccc:04DA002). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/winisk-river-at-kanuchuan-rapids
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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer