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Kootenay Lake water level today

British Columbia · Region 4

Kootenay Lake level right now: 531.287 m at the Queens Bay gauge (Oct 18, 2026, 2:15 PM PT), down 0.047 m in 7 days. Updated · source: Water Survey of Canada

Source: Water Survey of Canada official gauges
Datum: station datum (gauge level, not elevation above sea level), metres

These are gauge readings above each station's own reference point, not elevations above sea level. Compare a gauge only with its own history.

Queens Bay
531.287 m
Latest reading (provisional) · Oct 18, 2026, 2:15 PM PT · -0.047 m in 7 days (daily means)
Daily mean, last 9 days

Source: Water Survey of Canada 08NH064 ↗

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