Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet water level

Name: Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet 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

Reservoir, Sugar Lake Reservoir, British Columbia, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

7.74m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 07:35 AM MDT (1 hour ago)

History

What this means

Water is short at Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet: the latest reading of 7.74 m is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.86 m below the median of 8.60 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 7.73 m as well.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. The 30-day range is 7.73 m – 8.25 m.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 8.60 m0.86 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 7.60 m – 9.74 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Same day last year: 7.73 m0.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 7.73 m – 8.25 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 7.01 m – 8.67 m

Boating and fishing at Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet

At low levels, launching can mean a long walk or a closed ramp, and shallow points stick out further than charts suggest.

Conditions at the shore change with the level, so check with the agency that runs the lake before a trip.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 13° 2° – Wind 6 km/h

21 Wed 17° 9° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 17° 6° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 9° 1° – Wind 7 km/h

24 Sat 8° 0° – Wind 7 km/h

25 Sun 8° -2° – Wind 8 km/h

26 Mon 11° -1° – Wind 8 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:25 AM Sunset 06:54 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 69%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Shuswap River at Outlet of Sugar Lake ReservoirRiver gauge, Shuswap River	1.89 m	Normal	±0	1.3 km
Shuswap River near LumbyRiver gauge, Shuswap River	3.53 m	Low	±0	21 km
Bessette Creek above Beaverjack CreekRiver gauge, Bessette Creek	0.39 m	Very low	±0	24 km
Vance Creek below Deafies CreekRiver gauge, Vance Creek	0.14 m	Normal	±0	30 km
Bessette Creek above Lumby Lagoon OutfallRiver gauge, Bessette Creek	0.15 m	Very low	±0	32 km
Shuswap River near EnderbyRiver gauge, Shuswap River	1.88 m	Low	−0.01 m	39 km
Coldstream Creek at Coldstream Creek RoadRiver gauge, Coldstream Creek	4.19 m	Very low	±0	51 km
Vernon Creek at Outlet of Kalamalka LakeRiver gauge, Vernon Creek	0.30 m	Very low	±0	53 km

Questions and answers

How does Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet compare with last year?

It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 7.73 m.

What is a normal level for Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 8.60 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 7.60 m and 9.74 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 07:35 AM MDT, the water level was 7.74 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.18 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet 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.

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Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:08LC041 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.35767, -118.53826 (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	7.74 m	2026-10-20 13:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Sugar Lake Reservoir at the Outlet (eccc:08LC041). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/sugar-lake-reservoir-at-the-outlet

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