Pickerel River above Cantin Lake water level

Name: Pickerel River above Cantin 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, Pickerel River, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

16.72m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 06:20 AM EDT (52 min ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Pickerel River above Cantin Lake is running below normal at 16.72 m.

That puts it 0.80 m below the median of 17.52 m for mid-October, based on 6 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 16.64 m and 16.78 m.

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

Compared with 6 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 17.52 m0.80 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 16.64 m – 18.32 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (6 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 16.64 m – 16.78 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 16.64 m – 16.76 m

On the river

Outside the spring freshet, most rivers settle into a gentler pattern, broken by storms.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

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.

19 Mon 17° 8° – Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 13° 3° – Wind 12 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 16° 6° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 14° 3° – Wind 10 km/h

24 Sat 14° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

25 Sun 16° 9° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 46 min First quarter 58%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
French River at Horseshoe FallsRiver gauge, French River	10.5 m³/s	Very low	+0.88 m³/s	5.3 km
French River at Little French CutRiver gauge, French River	1.42 m³/s	Low	+0.30 m³/s	10 km
Dollars Lake below S NarrowsLake, Dollars Lake	7.60 m	Very low	±0	15 km
French River at Recollet FallsRiver gauge, French River	97.9 m³/s	Very low	+4.90 m³/s	15 km
French River at Wolseley BayRiver gauge, French River	186.75 m	Normal	−0.02 m	17 km
French River at Dry Pine BayRiver gauge, French River	1.03 m	Normal	+0.04 m	18 km
Magnetawan River near BrittRiver gauge, Magnetawan River	25.00 m	Very low	±0	24 km
French River at Hartley BayRiver gauge, French River	177.58 m	Low	+0.08 m	28 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Pickerel River above Cantin Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 17.52 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 16.64 m and 18.32 m, based on 6 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 16.72 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pickerel River above Cantin Lake today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 06:20 AM EDT, the water level was 16.72 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Pickerel River above Cantin Lake rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pickerel River above Cantin Lake normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 6 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:02DD028 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 45.98491, -80.41043 (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	16.72 m	2026-10-19 10:20	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pickerel River above Cantin Lake (eccc:02DD028). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/pickerel-river-above-cantin-lake

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