Montreal River at Mountain Chutes water level

Name: Montreal River at Mountain Chutes 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, Montreal River, Ontario, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

2.48m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 04:40 AM EDT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Montreal River at Mountain Chutes is 2.48 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 2.35 m and 2.52 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.10 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 2.35 m – 2.52 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 2.36 m – 2.56 m

Conditions at Montreal River at Mountain Chutes

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 Montreal River

The Montreal River is a river in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. It travels 220 kilometres (137 mi) from its source at Smoothwater Lake to its mouth at Lake Timiskaming on the Ottawa River. The river is a significant source of hydroelectricity.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 17 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 16° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 10° 0° – Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 16° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 13° 3° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 11° 0° – Wind 10 km/h

24 Sat 13° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

25 Sun 14° 9° – Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:46 AM Sunset 06:27 PM Daylight 10 hr, 41 min First quarter 58%

Map

Other gauges on the Montreal River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Montreal River near Mowat LandingRiver gauge, Montreal River	98.20 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	25 km
Montreal River at LatchfordRiver gauge, Montreal River	4.65 m	Very low	−0.01 m	45 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Blanche River above EnglehartRiver gauge, Blanche River	25.49 m	Low	−0.01 m	36 km
Bay Lake at LatchfordLake, Bay Lake	6.97 m	Normal	−0.03 m	45 km
Lake Timiskaming at HaileyburyLake, Lake Timiskaming	4.67 m	Low	+0.02 m	47 km
Lac Témiscamingue à Ville-MarieLake, Lac Témiscamingue	5.15 m	Low	+0.02 m	66 km

Questions and answers

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 2.48 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Montreal River at Mountain Chutes today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 04:40 AM EDT, the water level was 2.48 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Montreal River at Mountain Chutes rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Montreal River at Mountain Chutes normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:02JD009 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 47.63917, -80.19111 (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	2.48 m	2026-10-19 08:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Montreal River at Mountain Chutes (eccc:02JD009). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/montreal-river-at-mountain-chutes

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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