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Crest Lake near Highway 28 water level

Lake, Crest Lake, British Columbia, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

1.01m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.20 m³/s
1.0 1.3 1.5

History

1.01.21.4mOct 13Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Oct 201.01.21.4mOct 13Oct 16Oct 20
0.81.01.21.4mSep 20Sep 27Oct 5Oct 12Oct 200.81.01.21.4mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
1.01.52.0mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 20261.01.52.0mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
1.01.52.0mNov 2016Apr 2019Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 20261.01.52.0mNov 2016Oct 2021Oct 2026
1.01.52.0mJanMarMayJulSepNov20261.01.52.0mJanAprJulOct2026

202120222023202420252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Crest Lake near Highway 28 is below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 1.01 m.

The median for mid-October is 1.14 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.13 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 1.16 m, a difference of −0.15 m.

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 0.90 m and 1.28 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
1.14 m0.13 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.90 m – 1.49 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Same day last year
1.16 m−0.15 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.90 m – 1.28 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.90 m – 2.36 m

On the water at Crest Lake near Highway 28

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: 16 mm.

19 Mon 14° 3° 0.1 mm Wind 5 km/h
20 Tue 18° 4° – Wind 5 km/h
21 Wed 15° 5° – Wind 6 km/h
22 Thu 12° 3° – Wind 12 km/h
23 Fri 14° 1° – Wind 4 km/h
24 Sat 6° 4° 26 mm, 47% Wind 8 km/h
25 Sun 8° 4° 5.7 mm, 38% Wind 9 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:54 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 65%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Elk River above Campbell LakeRiver gauge, Elk River 4.47 m Normal −0.03 m 7.0 km
Buttle Lake above Upper Campbell LakeLake, Buttle Lake 214.11 m Very low +0.01 m 21 km
Gold River below Ucona RiverRiver gauge, Gold River 0.99 m Low −0.08 m 21 km
Wokas Lake near Campbell RiverLake, Wokas Lake 2.36 m Very low −0.01 m 27 km
Upper Campbell Lake at Strathcona DamLake, Upper Campbell Lake 214.15 m Very low ±0 29 km
Quinsam Diversion near Campbell RiverCanal gauge, Quinsam Diversion 1.00 m Very low ±0 30 km
Quinsam River at Argonaut BridgeRiver gauge, Quinsam River 0.45 m Very low ±0 30 km
Salmon River above Memekay RiverRiver gauge, Salmon River 0.46 m Low −0.04 m 41 km

Questions and answers

Is Crest Lake near Highway 28 higher than last year?

No, it is 0.15 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 1.16 m.

What is a normal level for Crest Lake near Highway 28 in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.14 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.90 m and 1.49 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Crest Lake near Highway 28 today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 07:20 PM PDT, the water level was 1.01 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Crest Lake near Highway 28 rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Crest Lake near Highway 28 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:08HC006 (Agency page)
Coordinates
49.84107, -125.90671 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 1.01 m 2026-10-20 02:20 Provisional
Flow 0.20 m³/s 2026-10-20 02:20 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Crest Lake near Highway 28 (eccc:08HC006). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/crest-lake-near-highway-28

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