Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake water level

Name: Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake 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, Dubawnt River, Nunavut, Canada

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High for mid-October

Water level

14.27m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 01:20 PM CDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 681 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

High water at Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake: the latest reading is 14.27 m, above normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 13.88 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.39 m above typical.

It is still going down, by 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 14.10 m – 14.38 m.

That stands out in fall, when many rivers are usually near their lowest.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 13.88 m0.39 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 13.59 m – 14.45 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 14.10 m – 14.38 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 14.12 m – 14.34 m

Freshet, ice and paddling

Open-water season is the time for canoe trips and fishing, though rapids change character with every few centimetres of water.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Dubawnt River

Dubawnt Lake is a lake in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is 3,630 km2 (1,400 sq mi) in size and has several islands. It is about 320 km (200 mi) north of the Four Corners, about 480 km (300 mi) west of Hudson Bay and about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. To the northwest is the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary. Its main inlet and outlet is the north-flowing Dubawnt River which joins the Thelon River at Beverly Lake. The Thelon flows east to Hudson Bay at Chesterfield Inlet. It is on the line of contact between the Sayisi Dene band of Eastern Caribou-Eater Chipewyan people and the Harvaqtuurmiut and Ihalmiut bands of Caribou Inuit. The first recorded European to reach the lake was Samuel Hearne in 1770, but it remained largely unknown to outsiders until it was explored by Joseph Tyrrell in 1893. There are no permanent settlements but there are fly-in fish camps where large lake trout can be caught during the two month ice-free season.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 7.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue -2° -5° 0.1 mm Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 2° -6° 0.2 mm Wind 30 km/h

22 Thu 2° -4° – Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri -5° -11° – Wind 17 km/h

24 Sat -7° -14° – Wind 17 km/h

25 Sun -6° -8° – Wind 25 km/h

26 Mon -1° -9° 0.6 mm Wind 22 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:44 AM Sunset 06:03 PM Daylight 9 hr, 18 min Waxing gibbous 71%

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Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 13.88 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 13.59 m and 14.45 m, based on 20 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 14.27 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 01:20 PM CDT, the water level was 14.27 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake normal?

High for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:06KC003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 64.23242, -99.47608 (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	14.27 m	2026-10-20 18:20	Provisional
Flow	681 m³/s	2026-10-20 18:20	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Dubawnt River at Outlet of Marjorie Lake (eccc:06KC003). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nunavut/dubawnt-river-at-outlet-of-marjorie-lake

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