CEWF continues to maintain ongoing communication with the TSW Water Management Team.
The TSW Water Management Team has been actively adding logs to all accessible reservoir dams to capture as much of the current melt and rainfall runoff as possible. The only dam that has not been accessible has been Anstruther but that dam will be […]
Update from CEWF on TSW Reservoir Dam Operations as of March 11 2026 Read More »
The TSW has issued this advisory for the navigation channels and not necessarily the reservoir lakes. All the dams are at their winter set levels and there is no indication that that is going to change. Having said this with little to no rain there will continue to be water loss and lower than normal […]
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Flow reductions on the Gull River
Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site
September 12, 2025 – Haliburton, Ontario – Parks Canada is advising the public that flow reductions are currently taking place on the Gull River between Moore Lake (Elliot Falls Dam) and Coboconk Dam. These reductions are being carried out to conduct maintenance work at the control structures.
As […]
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UPDATED LOW WATER LEVEL ADVISORY
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Further to the CEWF alert of August 19th, the latest TSW 2-week drawdown forecast puts our lakes at 2 to 4 weeks ahead of a ‘normal’ year, with the drawdown continuing.
This means we are currently experiencing water levels similar to what we would usually see in mid to late September. […]
Updated Low Water Level Advisory & FAQs Read More »
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IMPORTANT
PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF UNUSUALLY LOW WATER LEVELS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY
Water Levels through out the reservoir area are very low for the date. In most cases our levels are what we would expect in early to mid-September. […]
PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF UNUSUALLY LOW WATER LEVELS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY Read More »
We are experiencing significant rates of drawdown on the reservoir lakes, and in many cases, these reduced levels are several weeks ahead of normal. The TSW Water Management Team has reduced the flows downstream in the system to reduce the demand from the reservoirs however, the reservoir drawdown rate remains significant.
This means that property owners […]
Reservoir Levels Dropping Fast; Property Owners Should Be Attentive Read More »
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What this could mean for the reservoir lakes:
With hazardously high water levels we can expect that the water management strategy will be to keep as much water in the reservoirs as possible until they can normalize the flows downstream. Lakes that are over their high water norms can be expected to stay high, and those […]
Trent Severn Waterway – High water levels and flows close part of the system Read More »
