Yukon River Level

The live level of the Yukon River at the Whitehorse gauge, its recent range and trend, with the official Yukon flood information.

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Town Tools builds free, public tools for Whitehorse and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.

Worth knowing

Reading the number

The level shown is the gauge's reading on its own scale in metres — it is not the depth of the water. What matters day to day is whether it's rising or falling and where it sits in the river's recent range. The Whitehorse stretch is regulated by the hydro dam upstream, so it moves less than a wild river; a steady rise through the freshet is the thing to watch.

The freshet and the Southern Lakes

Whitehorse's serious flood risk comes from the spring freshet — snowmelt, sometimes with rain — filling the Southern Lakes (Marsh, Tagish, Bennett) and the Yukon River. In 2021 those lakes broke records and the Canadian military was brought in for the largest flood-mitigation effort in Yukon history. Yukon Energy lowers Marsh Lake through the Whitehorse dam each spring to make room for the melt. If you're on low ground at Marsh Lake or the Southern Lakes, watch those gauges and the Flood Hub, not just the in-town reading.

Yukon River Level

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Yukon River · Yukon River at Whitehorse

Worth knowing

Reading the number

The freshet and the Southern Lakes

Official channels