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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Tsilcoh River near the Mouth in BC, Canada, built from official government gauge data.
The Tsilcoh River in the Stuart watershed in British Columbia has 49 years on record at this station.
The record high is 5.19 m (17.04 ft), set in April 2018. The record low is 3.07 m (10.07 ft), set in August 2024. That span matters for anyone using the river for access or timing: this reach has moved through more than 2 m of recorded range at the gauge.
Seasonally, the river is highest in April at 3.94 m (12.92 ft) and lowest in August at 3.17 m (10.4 ft). The typical annual swing is 77 cm (30.3 in). For a dock, intake, or boat launch, that means the river does not sit still through the open-water season; spring conditions are not the same as late summer conditions.
The fastest 24-hour rise is not given in the record here, so there is nothing to add on short-warning jumps.
This station drains 438 km2 (169 sq mi) above the gauge.
For a river in a mountain setting, the seasonal shape here fits a spring peak and a late-summer low. April is the typical high month, and August is the typical low month. That pattern is the main thing to watch if you are planning freshwater access, irrigation timing, or fish-habitat trips around the gauge.
Because the catchment above the station is measured at the gauge, it describes the area feeding this reading, not the broader Stuart watershed as a whole.
The hero number on this page is most useful when you compare today’s reading with the median for this calendar day across the station record. That puts the level in context for this date, instead of treating raw elevation as if it meant the same thing in every season.
A single water level can look high in August and ordinary in April. The day-by-day median shows where the river stands relative to its usual seasonal position, which is what matters for banks, crossings, and shoreline use.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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