Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Trent-Severn Waterway.
Weather
Rainfall amounts for the month of May contributed to values that are less than 50-75 mm than the long-term mean. Recent […]
FROM THE TSW:
Weather
The 5-day forecast suggests 15-30 mm of mixed precipitation, with most of the precipitation falling mainly on Thursday night into Friday morning. Air temperatures are expected to drop significantly on Friday afternoon below 0°C across the entire Trent and Severn Watersheds.
Outlook
Flows remain high after the series of recent events that amounted to over […]
Trent-Severn Waterway and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Sites Management Plan has been Finalized
In December 2022 the Final version of the Trent-Severn Waterway and Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Sites Management Plan was approved by The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, and then Tabled in […]
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – December 29, 2022
Parks Canada’s water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Trent-Severn Waterway. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Trent-Severn Waterway.
Weather
The forecast for Friday and Saturday of […]
FROM THE TSW:
Weather
The 14-day forecast suggests continued high temperatures with little to no rainfall in the first six days and some potential rainfall in the seven to 14-day range. Most of the rainfall forecasted is associated with thunderstorms and could be highly variable from one location to another.
Haliburton and Northern Areas
Most lakes are near their […]
FROM THE TSW:
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Level Management Update – Thursday, June 16, 2022
Weather and Outlook
Over the past 15 days, the Trent-Severn’s watersheds have received significant amounts of precipitation, the equivalent of 100 – 200% above the normal amount expected for this time. Residents and visitors should exercise extreme caution around and on the water.
Isolated […]
FROM THE TSW:
Weather
Over the past 7 days, the watersheds have received 50 – 100 mm of rain which significantly exceeds the normal precipitation for the month of May and early June. The last 25 days have seen precipitation values in excess of 50-75 % above normal, which has increased water levels and flows across the […]
FROM THE TSW:
Weather
The 14-day forecast suggests a high-temperature trend for the watersheds of the Trent-Severn Waterway system. There is up to 30 mm of rainfall forecasted for the next 5 days. Most of the rainfall forecasted is associated with thunderstorms and could be highly variable from one location to another.
Outlook
The watersheds of the Haliburton reservoirs […]
FROM THE TSW:
Trent-Severn Waterway – Water Management Update March 18, 2022
Weather
The weather forecast for next 5 days is predicting a moderate mixed precipitation event of 20 mm combined with plus temperatures approaching 10 degrees and above zero at night.
Outlook
Recent weeks warm temperatures have primed the […]
