Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates water level

Name: Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates 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

Canal gauge, Bow River Development Main Canal, Alberta, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Flow

0.00m³/s Down 0.00 m³/s over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 15, 2026, 04:00 PM MDT (2 days ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Flow Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates reads 0.00 m³/s, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.00 m³/s, based on 20 years of readings, and the gauge is right on it. A year ago it stood at 0.00 m³/s as well.

The level is falling, down 0.00 m³/s over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.00 m³/s and 16.7 m³/s.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.00 m³/s0.00 m³/s above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.00 m³/s – 4.50 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Same day last year: 0.00 m³/s0.00 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.00 m³/s – 16.7 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.00 m³/s – 16.2 m³/s

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

17 Sat 21° 6° – Wind 52 km/h

18 Sun 11° -1° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 11° -1° – Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 11° 3° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 21° 3° – Wind 19 km/h

22 Thu 16° 6° – Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 9° 2° – Wind 22 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:01 AM Sunset 06:39 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 44%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bow River below Carseland DamRiver gauge, Bow River	2.56 m	Normal	−0.01 m	1.0 km
West Arrowwood Creek near ArrowwoodRiver gauge, West Arrowwood Creek	0.27 m	Normal	±0	15 km
Highwood River near the MouthRiver gauge, Highwood River	2.29 m	Normal	+0.03 m	28 km
West Arrowwood Creek near EnsignRiver gauge, West Arrowwood Creek	0.67 m	Very high	±0	35 km
Sheep River at OkotoksRiver gauge, Sheep River	26.05 m	Low	−0.01 m	40 km
Highwood River below Little Bow CanalRiver gauge, Highwood River	1.16 m	Normal	±0	41 km
Little Bow Canal at High RiverCanal gauge, Little Bow Canal	1.22 m	Normal	±0	41 km
Parflesh Creek near ChancellorRiver gauge, Parflesh Creek	0.96 m	Very high	±0	45 km

Questions and answers

Is the Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates higher than last year?

It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 0.00 m³/s.

What is a normal level for the Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.00 m³/s. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.00 m³/s and 4.50 m³/s, based on 20 years of records.

What is the water level of Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates today?

On Oct 15, 2026, 04:00 PM MDT, the flow was 0.00 m³/s. Down 0.00 m³/s over the last 24 hours.

Is Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates rising or falling?

Down 0.00 m³/s over the last 24 hours. Down 9.03 m³/s over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:05BM021 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.82596, -113.43130 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: APPROXIMATE GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 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
Flow	0.00 m³/s	2026-10-15 22:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bow River Development Main Canal below Headgates (eccc:05BM021). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/bow-river-development-main-canal-below-headgates

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