1968 SURFACE WATER DATA YUKON TERRITORY AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WATER SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA GROUPING OF PUBLISHED DATA TO 1963-1964 CANADA GROUPING OF PUBLISHED DATA AFTER 1963-1964 0 CANADA SURFACE WATER DATA YUKON TERRITORY AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1968 INLAND WATERS BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES © Information Canada Ottawa, 1971 Cat. No. M26-411/1968-4 -I,, •lr· PREFACE This Publication was prepared by personnel of the Water Survey of Canada under the direction of the Director, Inland Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa. The basic data were collected and compiled under the supervision of the District Engineers at Calgary, Alberta; Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia. The co-operation received from various organizations is gratefully acknowledged. iii CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1967 OCTOBER 1967 NOVEMBER 19 67 DECEMBER 1967 S M T W T F S s M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ,12 13 14 15 16 17 18 .10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 CALENDAR FOR 19 68 JANUARY 1968 ·FEBRUARY 1968 MARCH 1968 s M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F s 1 2 3 4 5 6 l 2 3 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 .II 12 13 14 15 16 17 .10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL 1968 MAY 1968 ·JUNE 1968 s M T W T F S S M T W T F s s M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1, 2 3 4 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 ' 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 '14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ·JULY 1968 AUGUST 1968 SEPTEMBER 1968 s M T W T F S s M T w T F S s M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4' 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 •14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 1.7 015 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 OCTOBER 1968 NOVEMBER 19 68 DECEMBER 1968 SMTWTFS SM T.W TFS S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 34,56789 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 '13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ·15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 CONTENTS Page Page Preface ................................................................ iii Publication of Surface Water and Sediment Data.............. vii Introduction .......................................................... v.ii Definition of Terms and Abbreviations : . viii Organization and History of Hydrometric Method of Tabulation of Hydrometric Survey Data........... viii Survey Operations .............................................. vii Accuracy of Discharge Data........................................ viii Co-operation and Acknowledgments ........................... vii Order of Listing Gauging Stations................................. ix Scope of this Publication ......................................... vii Convenient Equivalents of Measurement........................ ix SURFACE WATER DATA YUKON TERRITORY Station Station No. Page No. Page Alsek River: Teslin River near Teslin ... ........................ 09AE001 19 . Dezadeash River at Haines Junction ............. 08AA003 1 Teslin River near Whitehorse ..................... 09AF001 20 . Aishikik River near Whitehorse ................. 08AA001 2 Big Salmon River near Carmacks ............... 09AG001 21 Yukon River at Whitehorse ........................... 09AB001 3 . Pelly River at Ross River ......................... 09BC002 22 Yukon River above Frank Creek ................... 09AB009 4 Pelly River at Pelly Crossing ................... .. 09BC001 23 Yukon River at Carmacks . ........................... 09AH001 5 . Ross River at Ross River ........................ 09BA001 24 Yukon River above White River ..................... 09CD001 6 . Anvil Creek: Yukon River at Dawson ................................ 09EB001 7 .. Rose Creek below Faro Creek .............. .. 09BC003 25 Marsh Lake near Whitehorse ...................... 09AB004 8 White River: M'Clintock River near Whitehorse ............. 09AB008 9 Donjek River: Tagish River: . Kluane River at Outlet of Kluane Tagish Lake: Lake ... , ........................................... 09CA002 26 Atlin River: .. Kluane Lake near Burwash Landing ...... 09CA001 27 . Atlin Lake: Stewart River at Mayo .............................. 09DC002 28 . Lubbock River near Atlin . ................ 09AA007 10 . Stewart River at Stewart Gros sing .............. 09DD002 29 Nares River: . Stewart River at Mouth ............................. 09DD003 30 Bennett Lake at Car cross .................. 09AA004 11 . Klondike River above Bonanza Creek .......... .. 09EA003 31 . Wheaton River near Carcross ........... 09AA012 12 . Porcupine River below Bell River .............. .. 09FB001 32 .. Watson River near Carcross ............ 09AA009 13 . Porcupine River at Old Crow .................... .. 09FD001 33 Tagish Creek near Carcross .................. .. 09AA011 14 Yukon River Drainage Basin, Miscellaneous Takhini River at Outlet of Kusawa Lake •........ 09AC004 15 Discharge Measurements made in............ .. 33 Takhini River near Whitehorse. .................. .. 09AC001 16 Mackenzie River: . Kusawa Lake near Whitehorse .................. 09AC005 17 . Liard River at Upper Crossing ................... lOAAOOI 34 Teslin River: .. Frances River near Watson Lake ............. .. lOABOOl 35 Teslin Lake at Teslin ...••.•.••••••...•................ 09AE002 18 . Peel River above Canyon Creek, ................. lOMAOOI 36 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Mackenzie River near Fort Providence .......... lOFBOOl 37 . Kakisa River at Outlet from Kakisa Lake ...... 07UC001 57 Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson .................. lOGCOOl 38 Trout River near Outlet Trout Lake ............. lOF AOO I 58 Mackenzie River near Wrigley ...................... lOHCOOl 39 Liard River at Fort Liard .......................... IOEDOOI 59 Mackenzie River at Norman Wells ................. lOKAOOl 40 . South Nahanni River above Virginia Mackenzie River at Fort Good Hope ••.....•..•..•.. lOLDOOl 41 Falls .................................................. !OEBOOl )0 Mackenzie River (Peel Channel) at . South Nahanni River above Clausen Aklavik ................................................ lOMCOOl 42 Creek ..............................................•.. lOECOOl 61 Great Slave Lake at Yellowknife Bay............ 07SBOOI 43 . Flat River at Mouth............................... 10EA003 62 Great Slave Lake at Snowdrift..................... 07QB001 44 Willowlake River near the Mouth, ................ lOGBOOl 63 Great Slave Lake at Fort Resolution ............ 07PB001 45 Redstone River near the Mouth .................... !OHBOOl 64 Great Slave Lake at Hay River .................... 070B002 46 Great Bear River: Frank Channel: Great Bear Lake at Fort Radium •...............• lOJAOOl 65 Marian Lake: Camsell River at Outlet of Glut Russell Channel:' Lake .................................................. IOJA002 66 .. Russell Lake: Coppermine River at Outlet of Point Lake ....... lOPBOOl 67 ... Snare River at Bigspruce Lake .......... 07SA003 47 Back River below Deep Rose Lake •..............•. lORCOOl 68 Baker Creek Main Stem .............. , ........... 07SB009 48 Chesterfield Inlet: . Pocket Lake Outlet near Yellowknife .......... 07SB008 49 Thelen River: Muskeg Creek near Yellowknife ................ 07SB007 49 Baker Lake at Baker Lake ............................ 06MA001 69 Yellowknife River at Inlet to Prosperous Thelen River: Lake .................................................• 07SB003 50 . Dubawnt River: Lockhart River at Outlet from Artillery . Marjorie Lake at Outlet ............................. 06KC002 70 Lake ................................................. 07RD001 51 . Dubawnt River below Marjorie Lake ............. 06KC003 71 Taltson River: Baker Lake: Nonacho Lake near Snowdrift.................... 07QD002 52 . Kazan River at Outlet ~of Ennadai Taltson River at Outlet Tsu Lake .............. 07QD001 53 'Lake ................................................... 06LA001 72 . Slave River at Bell Rock ......................... .. 07NB003 54 . Kazan River above Kazan Falls ................... 06LCOOI 73 . Little Buffalo River near Pine Point . Ennadai Lake at Ennadai.. ......................... 06LA002 74 Highway ............................................ 07PB002 55 Thelen Rtver Drainage Basin, Miscellaneous . Hay River near Hay River ........................ 070B001 56 Discharge Measurements Made in ............. 74 v ' INTRODUCTION or to the :pirector, Inland Waters Branch, Departrnen:t of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa 4, Ontario. The Inland Waters Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources herein presents for October to December 1967 and for the 1968 calendar year, the results of the hydrometric PUBLICATION OF SURFACE WATER survey investigations which were made in the Yukon and North­ AND SEDIMENT DATA west Territories by the Water Survey of Canada. A program for the collection and publication of surface water and sediment data has been carried on for a number of ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY OF HYDROMETRIC years. Data for the 1964 water year and earlier years were SURVEY OPERATIONS