Chippewa Creek at North Bay water level

Name: Chippewa Creek at North Bay 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, Chippewa Creek, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

13.21m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT (39 min ago)

Flow: 0.23 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 13.21 m, Chippewa Creek at North Bay is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 13.28 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the water level is 0.06 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 13.26 m, a difference of −0.05 m.

The level is falling, down 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 13.17 m and 13.52 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 13.28 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 13.19 m – 13.45 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 13.26 m−0.05 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 13.17 m – 13.52 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 13.17 m – 13.54 m

Conditions at Chippewa Creek at North Bay

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.6 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 16° 7° – Wind 20 km/h

20 Tue 12° 2° – Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 14° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 15° 6° – Wind 13 km/h

23 Fri 12° 3° – Wind 12 km/h

24 Sat 13° 4° – Wind 8 km/h

25 Sun 17° 9° 0.9 mm Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 60%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lake Nipissing at North BayLake, Lake Nipissing	5.66 m	Normal	±0	2.0 km
La Vase River at North BayRiver gauge, La Vase River	10.68 m	Normal	−0.05 m	6.8 km
Wasi River near AstorvilleRiver gauge, Wasi River	7.99 m	Very low	−0.02 m	18 km
Little Sturgeon River below Booth LakeRiver gauge, Little Sturgeon River	2.59 m	Normal	−0.05 m	21 km
Commanda Creek near CommandaRiver gauge, Commanda Creek	1.06 m	Low	−0.01 m	42 km
French River below Portage DamRiver gauge, French River	91.8 m³/s	Normal	+1.60 m³/s	49 km
French River at Chaudiere DamRiver gauge, French River	187.79 m	Low	±0	49 km
Ottawa River at ThorneRiver gauge, Ottawa River	9.45 m	Very low	−0.16 m	51 km

Questions and answers

Is Chippewa Creek at North Bay higher than last year?

No, it is 0.05 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 13.26 m.

What is a normal level for Chippewa Creek at North Bay in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 13.28 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 13.19 m and 13.45 m, based on 21 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 13.21 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Chippewa Creek at North Bay today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT, the water level was 13.21 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Chippewa Creek at North Bay rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Chippewa Creek at North Bay normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02DD014 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 46.31178, -79.44836 (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	13.21 m	2026-10-19 15:20	Provisional
Flow	0.23 m³/s	2026-10-19 15:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Chippewa Creek at North Bay (eccc:02DD014). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/chippewa-creek-at-north-bay

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