Bowron River below Box Canyon water level

Name: Bowron River below Box Canyon 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, Bowron River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

3.96m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 04:10 PM PDT (29 min ago)

Flow: 50.8 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Bowron River below Box Canyon reads 3.96 m, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 4.02 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.06 m below typical.

The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 3.61 m and 4.58 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 4.02 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.59 m – 4.26 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.61 m – 4.58 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.62 m – 4.47 m

Conditions at Bowron River below Box Canyon

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 10° 2° – Wind 13 km/h

19 Mon 9° -1° – Wind 9 km/h

20 Tue 12° -3° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 11° -1° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 5° 2° 2.7 mm, 39% Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 5° -2° – Wind 13 km/h

24 Sat 2° -4° – Wind 17 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:06 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 54%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Fraser River at HansardRiver gauge, Fraser River	2.88 m	Normal	−0.10 m	18 km
Fraser River at ShelleyRiver gauge, Fraser River	2.78 m	Normal	−0.11 m	34 km
McGregor River at Lower CanyonRiver gauge, McGregor River	2.06 m	High	+0.13 m	37 km
Salmon River near Prince GeorgeRiver gauge, Salmon River	1.16 m	Normal	+0.02 m	39 km
Fraser River at South Fort GeorgeRiver gauge, Fraser River	4.29 m	Normal	+0.17 m	43 km
Chuchinka Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Chuchinka Creek	3.22 m	Normal	−0.02 m	66 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Bowron River below Box Canyon in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 4.02 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.59 m and 4.26 m, based on 15 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 3.96 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bowron River below Box Canyon today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 04:10 PM PDT, the water level was 3.96 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bowron River below Box Canyon rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.26 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bowron River below Box Canyon normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:08KD007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.01694, -122.10286 (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	3.96 m	2026-10-18 23:10	Provisional
Flow	50.8 m³/s	2026-10-18 23:10	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bowron River below Box Canyon (eccc:08KD007). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/bowron-river-below-box-canyon

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