White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park water level

Name: White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park 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, White Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Very low for mid-October

Water level

6.98m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 06:15 AM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park is far below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 6.98 m.

That puts it 0.10 m below the median of 7.08 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 6.90 m and 7.03 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: 7.08 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 6.98 m – 7.61 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 6.90 m – 7.03 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 6.91 m – 6.99 m

On the water at White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park

A receding shoreline opens up beaches but also uncovers hazards: stumps, rocks and soft mud that are usually well under water.

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 12° -3° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 11° 3° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 15° 4° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 16° 6° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 15° 10° 1.0 mm Wind 29 km/h

25 Sun 13° 3° – Wind 30 km/h

26 Mon 5° 0° – Wind 16 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:11 AM Sunset 06:45 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cedar Creek near HemloRiver gauge, Cedar Creek	7.13 m	Low	+0.01 m	20 km
White River above Oskabukuta RiverRiver gauge, White River	26.93 m	Low	±0	22 km
Pic River near MarathonRiver gauge, Pic River	1.75 m	Very low	−0.02 m	49 km
Pukaskwa River below Fox RiverRiver gauge, Pukaskwa River	3.91 m	Low	−0.02 m	60 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.08 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 6.98 m and 7.61 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 06:15 AM EDT, the water level was 6.98 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park 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:02BC007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.69289, -85.64214 (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	6.98 m	2026-10-20 10:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: White Lake at White Lake Provincial Park (eccc:02BC007). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/white-lake-at-white-lake-provincial-park

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