Lake Laberge near Whitehorse water level

Name: Lake Laberge near Whitehorse 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 Laberge, Yukon, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

7.34m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 08:15 AM PDT (3 hours ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Lake Laberge near Whitehorse is below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 7.34 m.

That puts it 0.23 m below the median of 7.57 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 7.34 m and 8.18 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: 7.57 m0.23 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 7.13 m – 8.58 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 7.34 m – 8.18 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 7.38 m – 8.20 m

On the water at Lake Laberge near Whitehorse

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

Rain in the last 3 days: 17 mm.

18 Sun 4° 0° 2.7 mm, 88% Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 5° 0° – Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 6° 3° 1.2 mm, 86% Wind 30 km/h

21 Wed 5° 0° – Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 2° -1° 1.2 mm, 25% Wind 6 km/h

23 Fri 2° -2° – Wind 8 km/h

24 Sat 2° -3° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:54 AM Sunset 06:39 PM Daylight 9 hr, 45 min First quarter 61%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Yukon River at WhitehorseRiver gauge, Yukon River	29.27 m	Very low	−0.03 m	39 km
Takhini River near WhitehorseRiver gauge, Takhini River	3.13 m	Low	−0.01 m	39 km
Ibex River near WhitehorseRiver gauge, Ibex River	4.15 m	Very high	±0	43 km
Marsh Lake near WhitehorseLake, Marsh Lake	2.75 m	Normal	+0.02 m	77 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Lake Laberge near Whitehorse in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.57 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 7.13 m and 8.58 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Lake Laberge near Whitehorse today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 08:15 AM PDT, the water level was 7.34 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Lake Laberge near Whitehorse rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.32 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Lake Laberge near Whitehorse normal?

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:09AB010 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 61.09017, -135.20175 (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	7.34 m	2026-10-19 15:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Lake Laberge near Whitehorse (eccc:09AB010). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/yukon/lake-laberge-near-whitehorse

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