Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake water level

Name: Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake 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, Coppermine River, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Flow

96.5m³/s Up 3.40 m³/s over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 AM MDT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Flow Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake reads 96.5 m³/s, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 107 m³/s, based on 20 years of readings, so the flow is 10.50 m³/s below typical.

The water is rising: up 3.40 m³/s over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 89.4 m³/s and 109 m³/s.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 107 m³/s10.5 m³/s below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 62.6 m³/s – 192 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 89.4 m³/s – 109 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 92.1 m³/s – 109 m³/s

Conditions at Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake

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.

About the Coppermine River

The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is 845 kilometres (525 mi) long. It rises in Lac de Gras, a small lake near Great Slave Lake, and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The river freezes in winter but may still flow under the ice.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue -1° -8° – Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 2° -2° – Wind 25 km/h

22 Thu -2° -7° – Wind 26 km/h

23 Fri -5° -12° – Wind 14 km/h

24 Sat -6° -11° – Wind 15 km/h

25 Sun -4° -11° – Wind 19 km/h

26 Mon 0° -5° – Wind 18 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:47 AM Sunset 05:56 PM Daylight 9 hr, 9 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Other gauges on the Coppermine River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Coppermine River below Desteffany LakeRiver gauge, Coppermine River	6.28 m	Normal	+0.02 m	131 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Point Lake near the OutletLake, Point Lake	7.68 m	Normal	+0.02 m	1.4 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 107 m³/s. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 62.6 m³/s and 192 m³/s, based on 20 years of records.

What is the water level of Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 AM MDT, the flow was 96.5 m³/s. Up 3.40 m³/s over the last 24 hours.

Is Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake rising or falling?

Up 3.40 m³/s over the last 24 hours. Up 3.10 m³/s over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake 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:10PB001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 65.41583, -114.00778 (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
Flow	96.5 m³/s	2026-10-20 16:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake (eccc:10PB001). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/coppermine-river-at-outlet-of-point-lake

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