Lake Minnewasta near Morden water level

Name: Lake Minnewasta near Morden 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 Minnewasta, Manitoba, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Surface elevation

329.07m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT (2 hours ago)

History

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Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Lake Minnewasta near Morden is at 329.07 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 329.33 m, based on 10 years of readings, so the water level is 0.26 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 329.07 m and 329.24 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 10 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 329.33 m0.26 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 328.48 m – 329.83 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (10 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 329.07 m – 329.24 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 329.07 m – 329.26 m

On the water at Lake Minnewasta near Morden

Normal levels mean few surprises on the water: ramps in use and the shoreline where you expect it.

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 19° 4° – Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 13° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 23° 4° – Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 20° 14° 0.6 mm, 27% Wind 28 km/h

24 Sat 20° 6° 0.2 mm, 27% Wind 43 km/h

25 Sun 6° 1° – Wind 45 km/h

26 Mon 4° -4° 3.3 mm Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Pembina River near WindygatesRiver gauge, Pembina River	337.38 m	Very high	−0.01 m	20 km
South Tobacco Creek near MiamiRiver gauge, South Tobacco Creek	307.07 m	Very low	−0.01 m	23 km
South Branch of South Tobacco Creek near Highway 240River gauge, South Branch of South Tobacco Creek	0.74 m	Normal	±0	25 km
Tobacco Creek near RosebankRiver gauge, Tobacco Creek	99.92 m	High	±0	28 km
Mowbray Creek near MowbrayRiver gauge, Mowbray Creek	466.19 m	High	±0	31 km
Pembina River at WalhallaRiver gauge, Pembina River	1.57 ft	Low	−0.02 ft	21 mi
Boyne River above Carman DamRiver gauge, Boyne River	262.77 m	Normal	+0.02 m	37 km
Little South Pembina River near WalhallaRiver gauge, Little South Pembina River	0.94 ft	Low	−0.03 ft	23 mi

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Lake Minnewasta near Morden in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 329.33 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 328.48 m and 329.83 m, based on 10 years of records.

Is Lake Minnewasta near Morden really 329.07 m deep?

No. 329.07 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Lake Minnewasta near Morden today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT, the surface elevation was 329.07 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Lake Minnewasta near Morden rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lake Minnewasta near Morden normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 10 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:05OC027 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.18349, -98.13381 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 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
Surface elevation	329.07 m	2026-10-20 17:00	Provisional

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