Lake Nipissing at West Bay water level

Name: Lake Nipissing at West 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

Lake, Lake Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

5.60m Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 02:30 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

What this means

The latest water level at Lake Nipissing at West Bay is 5.60 m. There is no published reference for this lake yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The water is rising: up 0.09 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 5.50 m and 5.75 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.03 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Same day last year: 5.49 m+0.12 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.50 m – 5.75 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.08 m – 5.73 m

Swimming and boating at Lake Nipissing at West Bay

Without a published normal range, the trend is the most useful guide, and right now the water is rising.

If you swim, pick a spot with an easy way out, and remember that drop-offs move as the level changes.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm.

19 Mon 19° 8° – Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 13° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 15° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 15° 6° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 14° 3° – Wind 10 km/h

24 Sat 13° 3° – Wind 9 km/h

25 Sun 17° 7° – Wind 23 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:29 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 62%

Map

Other gauges on Lake Nipissing

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lake Nipissing at French River OutletLake, Lake Nipissing	195.65 m	No reference yet	±0	26 km
Lake Nipissing at North BayLake, Lake Nipissing	5.65 m	Normal	±0	65 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
French River at Wolseley BayRiver gauge, French River	186.75 m	Normal	−0.01 m	14 km
Little French River at Okikendawt IslandRiver gauge, Little French River	18.2 m³/s	Normal	−0.50 m³/s	21 km
French River at Chaudiere DamRiver gauge, French River	187.79 m	Low	±0	25 km
Veuve River near VernerRiver gauge, Veuve River	0.43 m	Low	−0.02 m	25 km
French River below Portage DamRiver gauge, French River	92.5 m³/s	Normal	+2.60 m³/s	26 km
Pickerel River above Cantin LakeRiver gauge, Pickerel River	16.71 m	Low	−0.01 m	28 km
French River at Horseshoe FallsRiver gauge, French River	10.7 m³/s	Very low	+0.82 m³/s	29 km
French River at Dry Pine BayRiver gauge, French River	1.04 m	Normal	+0.03 m	29 km

Questions and answers

Is Lake Nipissing at West Bay higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.12 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 5.49 m.

What is the water level of Lake Nipissing at West Bay today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 02:30 PM EDT, the water level was 5.60 m. Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Lake Nipissing at West Bay rising or falling?

Up 0.09 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lake Nipissing at West Bay normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:02DD032 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 46.22597, -80.31278 (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	5.60 m	2026-10-19 18:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lake Nipissing at West Bay (eccc:02DD032). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/lake-nipissing-at-west-bay

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