Tea Lake
Cloudy
Just after thunder storm

Chitek Lake
Sunny
Slight breeze today. Rained the previous two days.
We saw some grebes(I think that is what they were) but they dove before I could photograph them. Heard some geese fly over. Could not get a water clarity picture as there was too much reflection and glare.

Champion Lakes- Second Lake
Sun and cloud
Some patches of snow still left in the shady north facing areas.
I will include water colour and shoreline photos in my next observation. I did include a photo of some glacier lilies that were out. They're really beautiful.

Champion Lakes- First Lake
Sun and cloud
Cool, windy

Long Lake
Sun and cloud

Gardom Lake
Sunny
Very warm for May

other

Ramsey Lake
Cloudy
Rain storms two days ago
No causes for concern!

Lake Lewis
Cloudy
Grey windy day on the lake. Black flies abound!

Jimsmith Lake
Sunny
Sudden and unseasonable temp rise: Tuesday high 8C, today (Friday) 21 @ 2pm, expected to go to 28C Sunday. Drought conditions continue.
The entire swimming beach is being replaced due to foreign objects. Also the flat, gravel car-top boat launch has been re-gravelled and parking lot pavement patched.
i introduced myself to the contractors who were near the dock viewing the new and lovely paved path from the road down hill to the dock. This is new as of this week. I was afraid of that nasty hill-path from previous visits, but it's fixed nicely now to wheelchair access level.
The dock has been replaced and lengthened and is now safe but without railings.

Eagle Lake
No visible pollution
Earl Bales Stormwater Management PondOntario Toronto

Okanagan Lake
Warmer temperature than usual
New development and unmaintenance area

Prospect Lake

Lillian Lake
Rainy earlier in the week

Adam Lake

Mississippi lake
LIght rain on and off.
Lake water is high, docks are just being put in, warmer temperatures with some rain means all plants, flowers, trees blooming.

Johnson Lake

Ramsey Lake
Heavy rain_

Pink Lake
No pollution, no presence of algae, no wildlife concern. The water is transparent. There were some ducks and birds. I did hear different birdsongs but wasn’t able to take pictures of them.

Kalamalka lake_
Temerature change ladt 2 days with heat increase up to 30°C from previous average 18-20°C
Pollen

G. Ross Lord Reservoir
Rain in the last two days
The reservoir appears to have been drained within the last month or so, leading to a lower than average water level. Also, infrastructure construction in the area maybe causing pollution in the water.

Kootenay Lake
Unseasonably warm
Lake level is LOW but the Spring Rise has begun.

Lake Scugog

Blackstrap Lake_
Windy
Algae was already growing on the rocks. There also used to be trees/bushes (caragana) on this strip but the RM must have cut them down. Only willow and wood roses now

Scotch Lake

Alpha Lake

Little Lake

Glenmore Lake
Water appears to be 1.5meters below the water marks on rocks from previous years. Will track the level through the season

Victoria Park Lake
Occasional showers

Saugum Lake
Lake level is at the same level as last year at this time.

Christina Lake
nice calm bluebird day
This is the south end of Gladstone Provincial Park, despite it's popularity it seems fairly undegraded.

Christina Lake
clear skys

Lake Nipissing
Light rain_
High water level for a few weeks. Lots of rain.
Township driving through a marsh to create ice access, no remediation despite concern raised

Conestogo lake
Nope

Pigeon Lake
Very smoky starting this morning

Arrow lakes
Breeze from the north.
Ryegrass
1. Secchi disk hit bottom of the lake and was still visible, but I was unable to physically type in "bottom" (app wouldn't allow word typing in the Distance 1 or Distance 2 spaces).
2. Arrow Lakes water depth fluctuates. Today, at 11:00 a.m. the Arrow Reservoir at Fauquier (FQU) measured 432.09 m. I'll be adding FQU data each observation day.

Deer Lake
Aurora last night

Farlain Lake

Lake Simcoe_

Georgian Bay
Rainy yesterday cool but sunny today

Wascana Lake
Extremely Windy

Head Lake
nothing out of the ordinary

Okanagan Lake
Above average temperatures the last couple days . Lake water level is quite low

other
Light rain_
our first one! too windy to put in a canoe for a deeper reading

Whonnock lake
It has been unseasonably warm for the past 4 days.

Ramsey Lake

Okanagan Lake
Very few clouds. Light breeze

Cabin lake
Windy, rainstorm 2 days ago

William Lake

Skaha Lake
Light breeze
Garbage on the bottom of the lake

Lake Scugog
I signed up for Level 1 monitoring, because I don’t have a pH meter, but I do have a Secchi disk. It reached the bottom, 110cm, however, the boxy above won’t let me add text (only numbers)

Logger's Lake
Sunny with temperatures in the mid-to-high 20's. Solar flares with Northern Lights.

Park Lake

Kennebec Lake
Windy

Kootenay Lake
Lots of pollen and debris from trees floating on water

Pink Lake
Light rain_

Milne Dam

Munro Lake
Couldn't do the level 2 observations as boat is not in the water yet AND I didn't have distilled water for calibration. Have to get some this week. Will hopefully be able to do level 2 next weekend. PH for sure.
Had to convert the pictures from my phone to .jpg tonight. Didn't know that HEIC format wasn't accepted.

Ghost Lake
It was unusually warm the last 3 days, nearly 30°.
Water was quote low compared to previous years

One Mile Lake
Sunny days

Meadow Lake

Garbage on right shoreline
A new public dock has been installed since last year (I take my readings from this dock). I remember lots of water plants last year and there were very little this year. Unsure if they die back every winter or if this is due to the installation of the dock

Lower Arrow Lake

Lake Agrew

Big Lake
Smokey due to wild fire

Lone Pine Lake

6 Mile Lakes
There was brief but heavy rainstorm 2hrs prior to reading.

Georgian Bay
Rain a little over the past weekend. Very windy.

Deer Lake

Alice Lake

Kamloops Lake

Katepwa Lake
Historic geomagnetic solar storm May 10 and 11, 2024
Creeping Bellflower
Water level is lower than normal for this time of year by about 5 cm.
Additional bird sightings today: Crow (2), Goldfinch (3 males, 1 female), Chickadee (1), Palm Warblers (6), Cow Birds (2 male, 1 female), Loon, Common Merganser (1 male, 1 female), Mallards (1 male, 1 female), Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Blue Jays (2), Robins (6), Barn Swallow (1 male, 1 female), Purple Martins (10), Pelicans (3), Towhee, White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrows (6), Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Purple Finch (1 male, 1 female).

Deer Lake
Himalayan black berries

Whitewater Lake

Long Lake
It lightly snowed 2 days ago (Sat morning).

Lake Ontario (Hamilton Harbour)
Green algea

Lake Nosbonsing_
I was able to download 2 pictures. Once those two were downloaded, the other four would not show up.

Lac Tremblant

McGinty Lake
Very warm day today

Hahas Lake
Little bits of algae floating in the lake too

Shannon Lake
Heat wave for several days prior to day of observation.
Algae was contained within the buoys of the small bay.

Windy. Extreme heat for several days until the day before observation.

haslam Lake
Overcast

Kootenay Lake
Some algae, but I don't think it is blue green, or anything unusual.

Burnaby Lake
no major events - warm weather then rain then sunnier again today.
Sample season 2024 off to a fine sunny start!

Windy Lake

Jimsmith Lake
There were at least 12 folks kayaking, paddle boarding while i was there. The construction of the new swimming beach (sand) and cartop boat launch is keeping the birdlife away, and both areas are closed. Fortunately it is to be completed soon and open for use again but i would think the process and the new sand will impact plants/bugs/perhaps fish? I don't know how to measure that impact.
This post only to add pictures which didn't work when i submitted the form. fine now.

Arrow lakes
Upper Arrow Lake is a reservoir and the lake level changes significantly (up to 66’ annually). The lake level has increased approx 5’ in the last week.

Champion Lakes- Third Lake
This lake is located in a provincial park. The park doesn't open for another day or so. I walked in from the locked gate across the road and had the park to myself. Because of the locked gate there was no activity on the lake which is unusual. It was very nice to have the lake to myself! I saw an eagle catching fish out of the lake and a number of trout feeding on something on the surface.

Light breeze
Was not able to reach far enough during the surface monitoring for the full 1 meter water depth due to boulders and should be resolved wading with water shoes next time. The breeze pushed around the temp gauge above and below the 75cm marker during below surface monitoring.

Anderson Lake
Rain last night - the ground is damp
Algae, the lake is green. The water is not clear.

Lake Minnedosa
Significant precipitation
Silting at the north end of the lake where the Littke Saskatchewan River feeds into Lake Minnedosa..
I dont think the thermometer is working prooerly. I will test it against another thermometer before the next collection date.

Virtue Lake

Lake Ontario_

Lac Hotte

Lac Hotte
Lots of pollen on the lake and the presence of many tadpoles!

Christina Lake
windy

was quite hot for a few days
water level is lower than usual

Durrance Lake

York Lake
Windy
None yet.

Lake Simcoe_
Lots of rain
Build up shore lines
No concern shore line clean expensive and huge property’s around the area
Looks like Community take care of the waterfront at that location

Sylvan Lake
Rain and wind over the past week is
Lake levels are extremely low this year .

Aquitaine Lake

Lake Simmons

Vermilion Lakes (Middle)
Snow yesterday morning!
I was unfortunately unable to properly test water clarity. I was on a dock but could still see the sechi disk when hit the bottom. I tried three other docks in the area but all have very clear water. Maybe that will change with the season!

Kawagama Lake

Lake Scugog
Many dead fish (yellow perch) floating on the shoreline.

Charlie Lake
Windy, sunny
Ice off - Apr 29, 2024
Depth 4.12m
Conductivity 187 uS
Alkalinity 80 ppm
Hardness 50 ppm (estimate)
Temperature gradient 0.3m 9.9C, 1m 9.8C, 2m 9.6C, 3m 9.5C, 4m 9.4C

Redstone Lake
Water so warm that folks are voluntarily swimming on may 24 weekend.

Isaac Lake

Windy, waves on the lake
Lake is high this spring. Frogs are singing. Loons were calling last night. Algae is showing up on the lake for the first time.
Shevon Wilson- likes to collect data for every lake she visits. I am trying to recruit a monitor for Ruby lake. So I am taking the first data set for the volunteer.

Head Lake
Suny and clear

Lake Ontario_
Bit foggy. Slight breeze.

Lake Ontario_
Sunny clear skies with slight breeze.

Mineral Lake
Raining past few days off and on

Golden Lake

Lake St. John

Red Rock Lake
Too many jetskis near the loon nest.
Surprised that the lake is less than 2 metres deep in the middle of the bay.

Slice of pizza crust in the water nearby

Lake Winnipeg
Mix of rainstorms and sun

Clearwater Lake

BvvvvvvvvvvvvvvVery warm Canadian long weekend.
Lot’s of garbage on the shoreline and in the water.

Not weather-related, however, there was an issue with the thermometer so the measurements are inaccurate.

Beaver Lake

Little Kenosee Lake
In

Kootenay lake rises (spring) and drops (fall) dramatically as controlled by dams.

Rained two days ago

A little windy but not terrible

Very sunny and windy

Lillian Lake
raining on and off; observation data completed in break in rain

Lower Arrow Lake
Windy on monitoring day
Small bag of trash left near shoreline.

Jimsmith Lake
Welcome light rain for the past 3-4 days with scattered thunder storms.
There were a couple of beer cans and empty chip bag in the water which i couldn't reach safely. i'll take a butterfly net next time.

Lake Huron

slight south wind

Visible garbage on right shoreline

Kennebec Lake
High pollen from the evergreens

Kioshkowi Lake
Calm

Williamson Lake
Small amounts of rain on and off for days

extreme rain

Showers, wind

Sturgeon Lake
Calm

Lac Tremblant
Very hot on Thursday
This year is very atypical for our lake. The ice went out fairly early, and the water level was lower than it has been for decades (if not forever). Also, we had a few days of above normal temperatures just before it went down the night before I took the measurements.

Baptiste Lake
Boats and wakes - particularly wakesurfers - present erosion concerns.

Whonnock lake
Weather trend is cooler than normal

Farlain Lake
Heavy rain_
Higher water levels for the last 3 years causing shoreline erosion and die off of trees that are now submerged

Kalamalka lake_
Very heavy rain showers over past week. 6km per hour wind gusts. Water choppy so not easy to get photo of water color without reflections.

Saugum Lake
Average wind speed o the lake is 6.0km/hr.

Tea Lake

Summit Lake
Off & on rain storms. Heavy at times
There was an abundance of Western Toads. Local lady reported they appeared 2 weeks ago and have sighted mating & egg laying activity.

Johnson Lake
Light rain, cloudy but still pleasant, light wind. Hoody weather!

Pink Lake
It was sunny when I started but it’s a bit cloudy now.
Children and a lot of people may attempt to touch the water and some children crashed drinking water into the lake water. I reminded them that it was not good for the water. No consequences as far as I could see. Besides, even though the water was transparent, there’re still some spots where there might be a bit problem. I’m not sure if it is pollution or just fallen leaves issue.

Chestermere lake
Storm is coming.

Wascana Lake

Arrow lakes
7.36 mm rain this morning
Lake level increased about 2.6 meters since last report

Blackstrap Lake_
Windy, had a very cold week
Our shore is manmade with large rocks, and there was lots of grass/branch debris along the edge of the water

Rain storms.
Arrow Reservoir at Fauquier went from 432.09 m to 434.83 m in the past 2 weeks which means water depth in the Arrow Lakes increased by 2.74 m. Shore and beach areas subsequently decreased.

Gap Lake
Some periods of heavy rain.

Lake Huron
Lower after level

High winds and rain

Gardom Lake
Thunder and wind

Lac Témiscamingue
Rapid winds

Lake Nipissing
High water level with strong winds resulting in a significant surge.
Water level too high to put dock down, with high SW winds im losing shoreline soil.

Langill lake
Heavy rain_
Rain and overcast for the last week

Mississippi lake
A sprinkle of rain

Rainy days

Sylvan Lake
Lots of rain and cool for the past several days

Big Lake
Drought conditions earlier have affected water levels in Big Lake.
Very low water level.

Chestermere lake
Due to the weather, observation was from shore

Rain

Georgian Bay
Foggy

Lake Ontario (Hamilton Harbour)

Mactaquac Lake

Ghost Lake
Smell that could potentially be sulfur released from the power plant.
Gophers were seen and the insects were most likely cicadas.
Lake appeared to be shallow and I was unable to go any further to get a depth surface temperature.
The lake I was given is McDonald Lake, however, this lake needs to be added to the list, thus I put Ghost Lake instead so that I could submit. Please note that these recorded observations are for McDonald Lake!
Lake appeared to be shallow and I was unable to go any further to get a below surface temperature.

Buck Lake
70% cloud cover.

Lake Wilcox
79% humidity

some garbage in the water
I wasn’t totally sure what to do for the shore photos as it is such a big area, so please email me if you’d like me to redo them :) Thank you!

Had strong west winds and periodic heavy rain today strong winds again
Choppy wave made it hard to make accurate depth measurements

Lake Nipissing

Kamloops Lake
Thunder, rain day prior

Conestogo lake
Rained yesterday

Eagle Lake
rainstorm on may 24
rainstorm on may 25
Earl Bales Stormwater Management Pond
Ontario Toronto

Anderson Lake
First warm day after a week of only 10c
Nutrition run off from farmland. The water quality is poor. Algae.

Lac Cardinal

Rainy and cold yesterday; waree calm

Venables Lake
Rain yesterday and early this morning
The lake is low for this time of the year

We’ve had significant heavy showers over the past two days.

Victoria Park Lake

Windy, rained the past 2 days

Nothing
I have submitted a second photo to show the rise in the lake in the past 2 weeks

Champion Lakes- Second Lake
It seems cooler than normal for this time of year.
The lake level is up due to beaver activity.

Logger's Lake

Lake Joseph
Heavy Rain May 25th. 1 hour heavy, 2 hours slightly lighter.

Munro Lake
Extremely windy all week but not yesterday. A little Windy today. Temperature swing on Thurs. May 23 from mid twenties to 10 degrees C day time highs. Very rainy with cold front until today. Very cool nights - 4-6 degrees C.
Hard to get disk readings as it was windy. Tried a few times and values reported were same each time. Might be out a few cm with drift. Tried to get a water clarity picture but could not get one with sky glare from any angle on the boat.

Overcast
Eurasian watermilfoil
Plants are near the shore
Moved a bit more away from shore to be in deeper water relative to the last testing. Will be using this deeper location in the future.

Normal May weather
Lot’s of shore line garbage and garbage at the bottom of the lake.

Shannon Lake
Light breeze, short period of light rain.
Lots of kids and adults fishing from dock and non motorized floats.
Surface algea almost completly got at site compared to previous observation.

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Box Lake

Long Lake
Cloudy with intermittent sun.

Overcast & Windy
So many Canada Geese that their feces may be impacting ecoli levels in the lake. Feces everywhere on ground, docks etc.

Richard Lake

Breezy

Location is Ruby Lake (not liste in your drop down menu)

Kalamalka lake_
Rain and wind storm in area for the past 2 days.

Head Lake
Cold 8C nights this week and rain

Wood Lake
Wind and rain storm for the past 2 days.
Rocks covered in algae; furry moss. See picture 4

One Mile Lake
Slight breeze
After the data collection I walked around the lake for the birds, plants & fish. Finished that at 5pm

Light breeze

Round Lake
Water level is lower than previous 2 springs

Sand Lake
Minimal wind

Sand Lake
Mild wind

Columbia Lake
The railway tracks run right beside the lake. All decks, docks, chairs along the shoreline are covered in coal dust. Therefore, coal dust on the lake surface.

Columbia Lake
A lot of rain, some thunderstorms.
Continuous coal dust on decks, docks, equipment from train running alongside the lake.

Mix of sun and showers
Very clean and clear. Small amounts of algae on logs and rocks.

Spots of sun and rained earlier.

Skaha Lake
Windy. The lake has a ripple on it

Heffley Lake
I will be able to do future temperatures on the Sundays required. We’ve been unable to do them in the window required

Last Mountain Lake
Sun with cloudy conditions.

Singush Lake
Light wind

Singush Lake
Slight wind

Spurr Lake
Storm day before
Presence of potential algae ( 1 meter); surprised to see

Raining last two days

We have had a lot of rain
Human Garbage

Risk of thunderstorms predicted throughout the day. Only recieved light rain over previous night and sporadically throughout the day
Observed Schmidt Lake, name of lake is not in list. Being an acidic bog lake, it is very shallow and thus very warm. Logging has taken place in the wetland beginning in the 1800s, however the surrounding ecosystem seems to be fairly healthy and free of invasives.

Paul Lake
Rain storms and windy

Island Lake
Rainfall throughout evening before and early morning.
Storm and high winds throughout evening seemed to blow some plastic garbage into water and caught on trees along shoreline.

Some tiny tiny dock foam particles , a log washed up on the beach w rusty metal in it

Tiny tiny dock foam particles along shore, washed up log with rusty metal in it
My app froze and had to be restarted at least 6 times. Also I’ve submitted this data 2 times.

Been raining last week

6 Mile Lakes
Thunderstorm warning in effect
Green globby algae and bright green strands

Box Lake
I don't know the type of fish they were jumping out of the water.
Total chlorine 0
Conductivity 143
Dissolvsed oxygen 10
Alkalinity 120
Total hardness 100
This is the other info I collect for Water Rangers Canada on the same day. Testing is done from the dock. This is at a BC Forest Recreation site

Burnaby Lake
rainy cool spring.
landscaping, invasive plant removal, sunshade plastic sheeting for remediation of area around boathouse pavilion, new fishing dock, deck work in old grandstand area now complete.

Crag Lake
Lake ice went out May 14th

Buck Lake
Rain storm the previous day

Lake Nosbonsing_
Breezy

Champion Lakes- Third Lake
The lake is still empty. The summer rush hasn't started yet!

Katepwa Lake

Lake Nosbonsing_

Shawnigan Lake

Lake Minnedosa
Silting at the end of the lake

Lake Agnew

McGinty Lake

Spray Lakes

Slocan Lake
Few drops of rain

Lots of land shore line build up
Sad shape of lake
Away to many boats

Lake Ontario (Hamilton Harbour)
Warm with sun mixed with cool, gusty winds
Lots of human traffic because very popular lake front park, and there is a marsh just beside this park also.Lots of litter and lots of algae, especially near the shore on rocks
Wasn't able to get 1m depth water temperature today as didn't have paddleboard this time and water was a bit rough due to wind.

York Lake
Very windy 30-50 kph

Sturgeon Lake

Lake Ontario
Very windy
It was very windy and wavy, it was hard to take the surface water temperature with the thermometer getting a little bit wet.

Lakit Lake

Virtue Lake
Calm today but quite windy yesterday (which churned up the water).

Pigeon Lake

Rainy

Zwickers Lake

Cabin Lake

Lake Laurentian

Lake Winnipeg
Rain storms

Lake St. John
nearby but not at site algae visible in water column

Buck Lake
Lake looked to be having algae starting. Buck lake usually breaks out with blue green algae every year.

Lac Hotte
Shoreline is changing with many water Lillies, and other plants and trees as the season goes on.

Ghost Lake

Hazelwood Lake

Lake Superior (Mission Island M

Lake Nosbonsing

Great Slave Lake
It rained a bit today and yesterday.
Lake was partially covered in ice, but not fully.

Heavy rain storms previous 2 days.
Heavy rainstorms increased water level of lake and shorelines rose.

Lake Muskoka
Has been very hot in previous days plus 30

Lake Simmons
Heavy rain last 12 hours

Sylvan Lake
Lots of wind
White foam seen along shoreline in both directions

Mineral Lake
Has been raining the last few days

Gap Lake
Lots of traffic noise from highway 1, 1A and adjacent train tracks

Gap Lake

Baynes Lake

Aberdeen Lake

Likely due to Kootenay Lake fertilization program.

Great Slave Lake

Nancy Greene Lake

clear
American white water lilly (Nymphea Ordorata )
Shining Pond weed
yellow pond lilly
water smart weed (maybe)

Mississippi lake
Thunderstorm yesterday, rain on and off expected all weekend.

Big Gull Lake

Bouleau Lake

Lake Lewis
Some fog as well.
Foggy day!

Silver Lake
Rain yesterday and maybe today
High bush cranberry in bloom beside the shed on shoreline. Some yellow wsterlilies in bloom. Sweet gale, pickerel weed at lakeshore.planted blue flag iris and cranberry, joe pye weed, milkweed, swamp rose mallow, red osier dogwood

Gardom Lake

Heavy rainfall

Lake Huron
Rainy past two days

Baptiste Lake
Picked up litter - like yellow caution tape - from shoreline

Little bit of wind

William Lake
Windy, onshore gusts to 25kph

Lake level increased about 2’ since last report

Kalamalka lake
Relatve incease in temperature in last 2 days after a few weeks of rain, cooler temperatures

Moose Lake
Windy & Smoke

Moose Lake

Little Bouleau Lake

Madge Lake
Has been a lot of wind and rain in last 2 weeks

Slocan Lake
Calm, no wind
Dog poop

Chilly and windy. +12
Low d/t watermain break in Calgary

Champion Lakes- Second Lake

Summit Lake
Very cool nights with some windy afternoons.

Arrow Reservoir at Fauquier went from 434.83 m to 436.15 m in the past 2 weeks which means water depth in the Arrow Lakes increased by 1.32 m. Since the first observation May 11, 2024, water depth has gone from 432.09 to 436.15 m which means water depth in the past 4 weeks in the Arrow Lakes increased by 4.06 m. Shore and beach areas subsequently decreased.
635 m total water depth at end of wharf.

Lac Témiscamingue
Yellow floating algae.

Langill lake
after a week of extreme rain, there has been three days of sun.

Moose Lake
Rainy conditions over the last week

Sturgeon Lake
Lots of rain and cooler temps the past 2 days

Lake Simcoe

Heffley Lake
Very windy for about a week
The lake is late coming up to its usual high water. We have a dam that is closed now to allow the lake to fill for irrigation use.

Albion Lake

Lake Wilcox
Cloudy, slight wind

Chemong

Lake Ontario
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Above normal temperatures

Richard Lake
rain sprinkle
garbage

Breakneck Lake
Windy. Lots of rain last week including on Friday night.
Lots of pollen has fallen in the past couple of weeks. Water clarity is very good but there is also a lot of floating particulate (pollen).
PH of lake is shockingly high today. First reading of surface water was 10.4. Sample from 2’ depth was 9.6 - still high.

Kennebec Lake
Rain off and on. Windy

Yesterday was strong winds with mixed storms blowing through

Whitestone Lake

Not quite as clear water from yesterday - fishers caught a fish!
The lake seems very clear - one visitor thought it was abnormal

Anderson Lake

Venables Lake

Blackstrap Lake
It was very windy
The algae is starting to grow in ribbons on the rocks

Blysteiner Lake
Weather over the past two weeks has been slightly warmer than usual. Month of May did not have a great deal of rain

Skaha Lake

Lac Tremblant
Extreme heat midweek and lots of rain, but back to seasonal temperatures in the last 2 days
Water level up by over 10 centimetres since 2 weeks ago. Morning water significantly warmer than the air generally doesn't happen until late July or early August.

Mactaquac Lake
Major tstorms in area, humid

Big Lake
Quite windy the past 2 days

Victoria Park Lake
Minor garbage

Cariboo Lake

Lillian Lake

Logger's Lake
Warm temps and sunny weather in the mid to high 20s in the last two days

Lake Nephawin
Slightly windy
Had intermittent rain the past two days; sunshine inbetween
A few plastic items here and there but there are bins, so easy to discard of

Light wind
1st reading at sirface
2nd reading at 75cm
3rd reading at 150 cm

Significant rainfall.
Waterlevels now appropriate, Shad fly arrival 2 weeks early

Rain 5 hours ago.

Its been below average temps for the last few days and 5mm of rain

Chestermere lake

Paul Lake

Oak Lake
Extreme wind conditions past 2 days

Oak Lake
Extreme wind past 2 days

Cloudy + Sunny sometimes + Light rain
I’m not sure if this is a pollution issue or just fallen leaves but it made me worry as it’s still there after several weeks.

Village Bay Lake

One Mile Lake
intermittent cool light breeze
There was a small green film on the water next to the pontoon
It is difficult to see any fish except for the minnows in the shallows. Locals have told me there is carp and gold fish in the lake.

large temperature drop, from mid 20s to 10 in the past couple days

Whonnock lake
Was very warm and sunny on Saturday, but now, two days later, it is cool and overcast.

Lake Ontario
windy

Virtue Lake
It’s been very windy and unseasonably cool for the past 4 days.

haslam Lake

rain storms

Moyie Lake

Windy. Cold. Cloudy.

Hazelwood Lake
Tennis ball and rusty can found

Rain last couple of days
Despite the rain the water level seems low

Earl Bales Stormwater Managemen

Hahas Lake
Had been cool and rainy with lots of wind 2 days prior

Elk Lake
Using Dissolved Oxygen Meter. Temp at 8 meters down is 12 degrees.

Charlie Lake
Windy, cloudy
192 uS conductivity, 0 ppm Chlorine, 8 ppm Alkalinity, 50 ppm Hardness, 0.5 mg/L Nitrate, 0 mg/L Nitrite
Water clarity - clear with small particles of algae

lake water is still very clear, but it was undisturbed, but you can see the algae growing and there is a sign at the lake with a blue/green algae warning

Hazey

extreme temperature/atmosphere change: 2C nighttime 3 days ago; 16C last night.
from strong winds (45KPH) June 7 to 5KPH June 10. varies during day.
heavy layer of pollen on water at shore, bright yellow.

Tiny styrofoam pieces along lake shore, cleaned some up again
The fish I saw jumped many times out of the water!

Morfee Lake south

Heavy rain in the past several days. Light rain occurred during the morning of June 9th 2024 prior to testing.
Was very rainy the past few weeks. First observation of the lake on Friday, June 7th 2024 I observed a significant amount of white foam on the shore, as well as Lilly pads near the testing site. When I did water testing on Sunday, foam had disappeared but Lilly pads were visible meters from shore. No frogs or wildlife seen. App is still not working for site location.

Sand Lake

Wasi Lake
Very cool overnight 6C
Goose droppings on dock and ramp
Water level inch higher than "normal"

Great Slave Lake
It rained earlier today. Only sprinkling a bit now.

Meadow Lake
Cool and bit of rain
Pollen from pine trees. Yellow and green on surface and in suspension

Chitek Lake
Lotta rain in last two days - about 1.5 inches

A picture of the unknown algae in the lake where the measurement taken is provided below.

Singush Lake

Sesekinika lake
Strong winds very low temperatures

Sesekinika lake
Strong winds cold temperatures lasted days

Sesekinika lake
Strong winds very cold temperatures last few days

Strong winds cold temperatures at few days

Columbia Lake
The Columbia Rudge Community is having some deck reconstruction done on the foreshore. Pollution relates to the coal dust that is on decks, chairs and water.

Last few days were very windy and cold temperatures

Crane Lake

Crane Lake
Rainy conditions for the last week

Burnaby Lake
pH - 6.92 (using freshly calibrated personal pH meter, not a Lake Blitz supplied kit).

Little Kenosee Lake

Little Kenosee Lake
First warm day after cloud and cool

Round Lake
Windy, rain
Some algae, lake is lower than previous reporting

Williamson Lake
Shift from overcast to sunny and large temperature change from yesterday (air temp increase by 15 degrees C)

McGinty Lake
There are large pieces of nailed wood and wire on the ground on the northeast corner of the lake.
A strip of algae floats along the western edge of the lake.
It was a lovely day at the lake! The water was too shallow of an angle to get to 1 metre deep, even with wading and a long pole. There is a dock at the lake, but it was entirely on land. It would be a nice swimming spot if not for the montrous leeches.

Island Lake

Cool
Mucky water on shore line

Garbage in water

Shannon Lake
Beer can in water. Fishing debri on lake bottom.

Breezy on the lake during observation.

Katepwa Lake
Rain on Mon., June 10/24
Water level is now up to normal levels for this time of year.

Storm warning issued for thunder/lightning

Crag Lake
Lots of pollen on lake surface and ground , lake water has come up considerably

Heffley Lake

Lake Minnedosa
Thunder storm

Munro Lake
Has been windy many days this year so far. Rapid temperature swings.
Very windy today with winds from SSW. Couldn't do the level 2 clarity due to windy conditions. Tried to go out the days following and still too windy. Had to go home the next day. I will take the clarity reading on the next day I am at the lake that is calm/clear. Will also do all the level 1 again.

York Lake
Calm 21°

Spurr Lake
Rain storm

Champion Lakes- Third Lake
Still quiet at this lake which is in a provincial park. Only a couple of young mothers with their children on the public beach and no watercraft on the water.

Geneva Lake
Windy and cool, rainy for several days

Geneva Lake
Light rain

Eimer's Lakes

Severe thunderstorms over the past few days.

Cloudy at start time, but sunny by end time.
Cool breeze
Water rougher today, taller waves.
Some algae by the shore on rocks.
Apparent decrease in wildlife due to more humans (was here 2 days ago and there were many squirrels and chipmunks)

Tyson Lake

Tyson Lake
Some pollen scum, but less than yesterday.

I have access to a YSI probe through Peninsula Streams and Shoreline Society that I used today to compare my thermometer (good!) and PH meter (not good!). I will work on calibrating my PH meter - not confident with the past PH readings. Lake is very clear - Secchi disk bottoms out at the fishing dock.The YSI also provides Dissolved Oxygen 97% - Conductance 196 SPC that I measured at the surface and at 200 cm - both sets of measurements were the same.

Naultesby Lake
First sample event of 2024. Lake conditions typical for this time of year.

Naultesby Lake
Water level is highest observed in the recent memory.

This year has had a minimal snow pack and the lake level has not risen as high as in past years. I think it has about maxed for the season.

Silver Lake
it rained on 13th evening
The lake name is wolf lake, in the terr cotta reserve park. Coordinates : 43deg43min N, 79 deg, 57min w +/- 11.7 m

Thunder storm

Lake Simcoe
Heat wave

Extreme heat yesterday 40 degrees

Lake Muskoka
It’s been HOT the last 3 days and had a thunderstorm yesterday

Lake Superior
Green filamentous algae on rocks

Lake Nosbonsing
Heat warning

Humid

Dissolved oxygen was 97.9% at the surface and 90.5% at 300 cm. Conductance is 194.4 SPC at the surface and 193 at 300 cm.

Nancy Greene Lake
this lake is surrounded by a very populated area and has different buildings and retaining walls put in in surrounding the lake to make a path

Mineral Lake
Has been raining lots and has been cold last few days
Someone left beer bottle on the dock

Silver Lake
Raining un am, maybe later, humid. Three day heat wave earlier thus week

some garbage

Some rain storms

Eroded shoreline due to this being a popular day use and fishing area
Traffic noise from nearby highways is constant

Nancy Greene Lake
A few more water lilies. Otherwise unchanged.

It has been wet and cold all week
There are large blobs of algae and weed mats starting to show on the surface.

Heat dome over the last week, temps in high 39’s

Saugum Lake
Calm, no wind.

calm, clear
spotted knapweed, st.john's wart, hoary asylum found nearby

Nive day

Was hot for the prior week and now rain and cloud for today / tomorrow . Average day temp will be 21
Seems to be the same as two weeks back. Just a lot warmer

Farlain Lake
HEAT DOME"" THE PAST 4 DAYS

zebra mussels on bottom of lake near shore

Redstone Lake
Heat wave this week till friday then coolwr with rain

Has been very hot last few days

Extreme heat last couple of days

Extreme heat last few days

Baptiste Lake
Deapite the renarkable consistency of air temp on collection dates, there has recently been significant heat!! Under a rainfall warning at time of data collection; past 36 hrs has heen cool and rainy

Zwickers Lake
No wind

Lake Bernard
Extreme Heat on Wednesday and Thursday
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Calm 15°C

Windy and choppy water

Chitek Lake
Lots and lots and lots of rain in last week

Has been about 30 degrees for 2 days.
There are lily plants, but I don’t know if they are invasive.

The shoreline had white foam and there was a strong seaweed like smell.

Significant rainfall over the past 3 days and temperatures in the low 30s.

Breakneck Lake
Very calm and muggy.
We’ve had a very rainy season so far and there has been an above normal amount of pollen produced by trees this year. For several weeks the lake has had a high load of pollen throughout the water column.

Kalamalka lake
Weeks of rain followed by sunny day before this reading. Yesterday was hot and sunny 30°C

Lots of rain
No concerns other than lack of mammals, no birds,

Eurasian watermilfoil

Red Rock Lake

Summit Lake

water level down only maybe 1 inch from May 10, it's been a very cool rainy spring

Heat dome has just ended
Tried to find the thermocline - the water was still 21C 8 metres down inbthe middle ofvthe lake (unless I didn't pull it up fast enough, might have gainedvavdegree or two on the way up)

Hot today after a stretch of colder weather

Warm but cloudy, very little wind lots of rain in the last 24 hours , over 80mm

Lots of invasive water species as well as many water Lillies that have expanded in our bay.

Kawagama Lake
Significant rainfall for 2 straight days
Water level is up roughly six inches due to rainfall

Rain storms past 2 days
Columbia Ground Squirrel eating a fast-food french fry near lake shore.

Albion Lake
Windy and rain

Richard Lake
overcast

Golden Lake
Heavy rain for two days following four days of heat warnings

Big Gull Lake
Very heavy rain

High winds made it difficult to get accurate clarity reading due to waves on surface. Also there was a noticeable amount of yellow pollen and tree buds on the water.

Kootenay Lake West Arm

Garbage on the bottom of the lake near the dock

Crag Lake
Sunny and hot for many days now rainy and cool

Lake Dore
windy

Blackstrap Lake
Very windy, thunderstorms
Photo uploaded - (recyclable) wooden cutlery off a boat and algae on rocks (typical for this lake)

Whitestone Lake
Non-stop rain for past 2 days.
Property erosion at the shoreline of my next door neighbour due to high water volume channeling into the lake.

Light to heavy rain

It has been raining for the last few days.

Lake Dore

McConnell Lake

Just after rain.

Stake Lake
Dead rainbow trout of a pretty good size right by the dock. Think it's likely a catch and release that didn't work out.

Lac le Jeune
Dock that I usually survey on was not accessible and the other dock only had a the ramp accessible so I could only take surface water temp.
Docks have since been fixed and are accessible now

Walloper Lake
This lake is always significantly more murky than the others. It's the only one I can actually use the secchi properly from just a dock.

McConnell Lake
1-2cm of fresh snow on the ground, still falling while surveying

Stake Lake
Fresh snow but had stopped mostly by the time of surveying

Lac le Jeune

Walloper Lake

Madge Lake
Spring has been cool, rainy and windy

Stake Lake

Lac le Jeune
Some foam at the shoreline, not sure what this indicates and if it's a problem or not

Wind gusts.
Sun and cloud yesterday.
Very warm.

chaleur extrême

Lake Winnipeg

Heavy winds to 40KM, gusting to 55KM.
beach is very busy today - >30 adults & children, paddleboards among the whitecaps; visitors sitting on the rocking dock; 1 fishing (no bites)

Developing property in bay has modified shoreline and changed course of creek

Chestermere Lake
The water level has significantly decreased

Rainfall warnings, flooding, unusual NE winds
Shad flies not here now despite presence in last data day.

Lake Nephawin
Was raining past 2 day. Prior to that very hot and humid

Oak Lake
Intermittent thunderstorms yesterday.

Ice free

Kamloops Lake
Cooler temperatures

Extreme heat

High winds and thunderstorms throughout the week and weekend
Eurasian watermilfoil

Elk Lake

It was pretty wavy during temp measurements

Park host said the bugs in the pictures were not on yhis bush last year.
Park host floated the dock
Park host say yhere had been 2 beavers that have been coming by

Very windy 2 days ago and all previous week. Heat dome week June 17-19 then major wind/thunder storm June 19th - took trees down.
Forest Tent Caterpillars, ants, dock spider, pin head minnows, lots of house flies
Heard birds but at a distance. 2nd water clarity picture is taken in water over 1 meter deep as I do normally. Went on the boat to take most measurement earlier then went down to my beach to measure water temperatures/ph / do observations as per usual -m hence the large time frame. Water temperatures/ph were the same from both the boat and beach. All taken from the same bay.

Naultesby Lake
Pollen build up on the surface and through the water column
Windy during sampling so lots of mixing as evident by the pollen suspension throughout the first metre of the water column.

Langill lake
The past week has been a mix of overcast and light rain.

Echo Lake

Gusty winds

Windy with gusts of wind

Isaac Lake
Flooding, rain storms, and extreme heat. All three.
Absolute downpour. I wouldn't have been any wetter if I'd jumped in the lake.

Aylesford Lake

temperature drop, strong winds/rain and tornado warning in past couple of days.

Morfee Lake south
We had heavy rain on the previous day. The air temperature seemed way colder than what the thermometer read!

30C all last week and 50mm of rain over the last 2 day

Blysteiner Lake
Had a couple weeks of unseasonably high heat

Rain last 24 hours in

Slight breeze, clear sky

We have had low temperatures in the evenings and wind storms the past week.

Beaver Lake
Presence of water lilies across entire lake

William Lake
50kph west wind

Lake Dore
Very Windy

Cool

Adam Lake
West wind about 35-40 kph

Lots of Cottonwood fluff floating and getting green so it looks like algae. Some algae too, but water is very clean in general.
Algae is not serious. Lots of Cottonwood fluff that has turned green (algae) and looks gross, but it's not.
Lake level has dropped almost a meter from 6/09/24.
pH meter was properly calibrated this sampling. Sampling of 6/09/24 may have been off by some fraction due to waiting too long for the number to appear.

Cool and then really started to rain later in the day

Algae as a result of lake fertization program

Spurr Lake
3 days of heavy rain and downpores

It was quite wavey, so it was hard to know the exact depth of my Below Surface Measurement

Overcast and rain in the early morning

Charlie Lake
Sun and cloud, strong winds
Water Depth 4.6m
Wind slight breeze from SW
Water sample: clear with small particles of cyanobacteria
Dissolve Oxygen (mg/L)
Depth 2m, 8.6 mg/L, 18C
Cl 0 mg/L
Alkalinity 60 mg/L
Hardness 0 mg/L

Whitewater Lake
Heavy rain on weekend

Beautiful warm day, the lake was much busier than previous visits.

Island Lake
Week prior experienced record breaking heat for June followed by heavy rainstorms.

Lac Cardinal
Rained for 2 days prior

Lake Muskoka
It’s been colder and rainy last few days

Echo Lake
Overcast

Heavy rain for past few days.

Cub Lake
small smounts of ice
high water level

Scout Lake

Cub Lake

Venables Lake
I asked a neighbour to do the data as I was away. He did not collect the air temperature.

The bird house near the entrance is crooked and precariously attached
The wood and wire at the northeast corner of the lake remains. The algae isn't as thick this time.

Lake current today. Lake bottom distance 714 cm. Ryegrass has been puposely seeded (to help prevent blowing sand and dust). FQU (see card 1 extra notes) is 436.85 m.

Slocan Lake
Wind and big waves
Waves not seen before on our reading days. This may explain why surface an 100 cm readings are the same

pH - 6.64, meter calibrated an hour before sampling.
I don't do Secchi disk readings, though.

very warm +30

The water is exceptionally clear for this lake at this time of year. It has been a cool, rainy and windy spring. Clear to see the bottom to about 12' deep.

Cooler than normal temperatures

Hahas Lake
Super hot

Lake Simmons
Cooler than normal
Water level has dropped 8cm

The water level seems lower than the last time I took measurements

Windy. It ha been raining hard since 6:00 PM yesterday. It 13°C

Windy, cold front

clear, partly cloudy

Garbage is a tire and some other small industrial debris on the lake floor. The dock is closed halfway down, so the temperature I am taking at 75 cm is hitting the bottom of the lake. I cannot get further out. The water lillies have almost grown across the mouth of the small bay where the park is, i think that if people were not paddleboarding off from the shore there they would close in the area.

Lots of rain in the last 10 days. Water level higher than normal.

Overcast, light rain intermittently, air is a bit humid,
Light, cool breeze at times
Algae on rocks
Litter is everywhere, especially by the water/Beach. Humans are a big factor, although there weren't as many people today due to the rain
Water is rougher and higher tide now,probably due to the rain.
Thermometer is reading +4 higher from ice bath calibration so temperatures have been adjusted accordingly.

Sun is setting. Lake is the lake at Jericho Beach park
Glistening liquid, likely fuel/ oil, on the surface of the lake, near the shore in the reeds
Tiny white particles floating on the surface of water. Could be styrofoam bits but I couldn’t tell!

Cold and windy
I feel like the water is darker this year with a higher algae presence

Clement's Pond
rainfall warning with in the last 4 days

Nosbonsing

Secchi disk bottomed out. Dissolved oxygen was 100.5% at surface and 98.6 at 300 com

Very windy today
Lily pads and other vegetation including invasive species are growing rapidly by the shoreline.

Lake shore has significantly receded likely from lack of rain recently
Oil/ gasoline on top of lake, shoreline has receded quite rapidly. Likely by 4-5 inches.

Cooler nites

22 deg c. Hot and sunny day

Cool and rainy for the last few days

Sunny hot

Windy and there was significant rain and n the past week- over 40mm.

Pollen is starting to Lessen on the lake surface.

Hot
Lots of rain

Very windy today

Quite windy

Alta Lake

Rain and wind

People changing shoreline from natural with trees and plants using boulders, etc.

Rolling thunderstorms all week with the high temperatures
Lake is almost a peas soup consistency

The lake, trail and amenities look really good.

Calm
Zero visibility in water. Very thick algae.

Boaters who dont know to get on plane AND go close to shore are back - several each day

Breakneck Lake
Small scattered thunderstorms and light breeze today and for past few days. It’s been a rainy and cool past week, but finally warmer yesterday and today. Lots of mosquitoes!
Although water clarity has decreased a bit in recent days, there’s no visable algae. Lots of plant productivity (lilies, sweet rush, etc) in other areas of the lake that are shallow and less rocky than our shore. Surprisingly few turtles and waterfowl this year.

The lake is currently seeing significant inflows from freshet about 65,000cfs. Lake clarity had decreased from inflow and pollen.

Heat above average thus week

Madge Lake
Weather has finally warmed up to summer temperatures the last few days

Lake Lewis
No significant amount of rain for weeks. Water level in the lake approximates late summer.

Moderately strong winds on the lake. May only do part of the sample.
A wet day! Unable to complete observation with Secchi disk.

15 k wind
Plastic

Excessive rainfall in last 24 hrs, severe thunder & lightning.

Warm - wavy yesterday. Calm this morning
Cormorants

Lake Wilcox

Rainy and cooler yesterday

Big Gull Lake
Thunderstorms yesterday

Boats reving at the shore to back off the beach disturbes the sediments

warm

Very hot last couple of days. VERY busy wirh people and boats.

Currently in extreme heat situation

A lot of rain on Saturday July 6
Very hot today

Limited wind a high 20'sC this past week with 10mm of rain
Pretty sure we have springs just out from this sample site

Debris in water

Heat warning
The usual coal dust on beach equipment from train running along shore.

Alice Lake
Extreme 30+C

Mactaquac Lake
Extreme heat, late day down pours with risk of thunderstorms

Very hot and humid

The lake is turning green. More algae in the water. More weeds and weed mats showing on the surface.

Heat wave

onset of extreme heat after unseasonal cool period

some presence of pollution by dock (commonly used area) and algae on bottom of lake and floating to surface

I can not get the map to stay at my measurement location. It reverts to my location where I entered the data.
Any suggestions. The measurement location is Bigalow bay.

Heat wave x 3 days

Duncan Lake
huge hot dry strong storm on Friday nite 5/7 causing a lot of damage (big fallen trees etc)
duncan lake is a reservoir and the water is coming up

so blooming over water surface to tangle with my thermometer

There is a slight haze due to forest fire smoke. We are experiencing the first heat wave of the summer.

There was a lot of pollen on the surface. Water level about the same as last time.

Not raining atm

Recent rain
Creek into Summit Lake had stopped flow into lake. Patches of water were still apparent in creek bed channel.

Heat wave in the prairies with highs in the 30s for the last 3 days

Extreme heat warning, sw wind 20kph, hazy
2 dead crayfish on lake bottom near shore removed to dock for natural reclamation

Very hot the past few days 34c

Lots of precipation throughout May and June,now more nornal temperatures and precipitation levels

Cariboo Lake
Lightning strikes two days ago in surrounding area abit smoky

Wind speed 0-3km per hour from the west.

Heat wave in area over the last three days (temperatures in the 30s)

Yellow Lake
There were two big down pours of rain two days earlier.
A bit of litter around the lake. There are two rest stops on both ends of Yellow lake.

Clearwater Lake
Nice and sunny

Warm

Lots of rain this week

Slightly cooler today following very warm, sunny days >30C, breeze with small waves on lake
Water level up since my last visit

Last 2 days lots of rain

On going heat wave

Adam Lake
Extreme heat warning yesterday and today.

The temperature has been very warm for the last few days with temps in the high 30s.

Currently under a heat dome with daytime temperatures in the mid to high 30's. Extreme heat for the past 4days with a forecast show another 5 days.
Visible garbage. Collect it and disposed of it at the local landfill.

Heat warning in effect
Small green Alana’s blooms

It rained earlier today. Air feels humid.

Extreme heat
Observed five lake recreatuon enthusuasts on SUP boards & row boats.

Zwickers Lake
humid and muggy

2 days of heavy rain and alot of rain

This is Mcdonald Lake, but it is not an option so I selected Ghost Lake.
I was unable to take the water temperatures due to the abundance of mayflies limiting my access to the water.

Rained heavy this week due to trail end of Hurricane Beryl

Crystal lake

Pollen

There was a strong smell which seemed to be something decaying.
This is Mcdonald Lake, but it so not option so I selected Ghost Lake.
I was unable to take the water temperatures due to build up along the shoreline.

Kalamalka lake

Hot hot hot, very little wind
Same description as last submission

Blackstrap Lake
Been very hot recently, some thunderstorms as a result
Every year this lake gets a huge amount of algae and it has begun.

Windier today that it has been for the last week. Weather has been hot and calm. Noted lake surface temperature of 24.5 C two days ago
Water clarity pictures taken at BW2. Bit more algae apparent in water than first thing in the spring but not extensive

The beginning of the week was hot - high 20s
Depth bottomed out - fishing dock has remains ~400 cm .

Red Rock Lake
Hot and humid.
Had my brother do the readings as I can’t make it to the lake this weekend.

Hot, 26 to 28 degrees

Very high winds yesterday. Hot week 30C+ and sun during most days
Current sampling conditions, Slight breeze from North
Slight ripple on water
Cyanobacteria particles becoming more abundant in water column, but no surface scum
Dissolved Oxygen/Temp profile
Depth of sampling site 4.03 m
Chlorine 0 ppm, Alkalinity 80 ppm, Hardness 50 ppm
Conductivity 188 uS
Nitrate/Nitrite - 0/0 ppm

A very hot week. Mid 30s.

Whitestone Lake
Lots of rain since last measurement. Water levels are high for this time of year.

Extreme heat.
Sunken boat.
Pollen on water surface. Lake bottom distance 660 cm. Ryegrass has been purposely seeded (to help prevent blowing sand and dust). FQU (see card 1 extra notes) is 436.26 m. Lots and lots of songbirds (not visible) chirping in surrounding forest, including Chickadees. Pollution--sunken boat (see photo).

Extreme heat warning for past week prior to data collection; temperatures in the mid to low thirties for past week.

Hazy
Shoreline erosion

Albion Lake
Light wind

We’ve had very high temperatures up to 39 C this last week

Smaller, nearby lake reporting bluegreen algae blooms, but this lake contnues crystal cleat

None here. Flash flooding 40 kms away earlier this week
First sunny observation day! Windy on the lake

Continued hot weather

Beryl's leftovers came through 4/5 days ago.
Boat traffic and wakes (esp not on plane and/or too.close to shore) are an pngoing concern for shoreline health

It has been around 30-34 C for a high the last week.

Morfee Lake North
Significant increase in water plant growth. Poo v

Light breeze from the north. Week long heat wave ended yesterday with massive thunderstorms and intense rain.

heat wave (daytime highs 35-38C)
fast food garbage - picked up and removed

Extended heat dome
Observations taken before shoreline was in sun.

hot

Remants of hurrican beryl..water levels noticably higher

I know this is off week measurements but I wanted to get clarity reading when no wind. Observations for clarity from a boat but all other measurements from my beach (e.g. wildlife).

Hot

Heat warnings all week. Very humid but always wind.

Clement's Pond

Beautiful day

Have had different weather systems today. Sun and hot, heavy rain for 5 minutes, sun and cloud at time of sampling.
The animals that I identified have all been seen at my house since the sampling location is at my house on Lake Nosbonsing. They have not all been seen during the sampling time, but throughout the week.

G. Ross Lord Reservoir
There was a short but heavy rainfall approximately 3 hours before collection time.
Most of what I saw appears to be litter runoff which has floated into the reservoir
The water level has increased significantly since the last measurement due to recent rainfall

The snow is melting on nearby mountains and the lake is now coloured with the greenish snow melt.

Heat warning
Coal dust on shoreline and deck/furniture from trains.

Absolutely still, not a leaf rustling.

Heat wave for over a week. Light breeze.
A bit of litter on the shore.

Light breeze. Currently in a heat wave for the past week.
Algae in the shallow water.
The water at this dock is an active swimming area so i expected the temp at 75cm would be cooler. Pollen in water.

Currenly in a heat wave
Beaches closed due to E coli on one side and swimmers itch on the other side of nearby beaches.

Fire haze

Initially cloudy and light rain, but progressed into heavy rain with lightning and thunder
It's been raining heavily for many days due to a heatwave/global warming
Please adjust temperatures since the Thermometer reading in the ice water bath was 4 degrees Celsius.
Unable to stay too long for more observations, including the 1m depth temperature because of heavy rain and lightning.

Muggy and humid

We had rain off and on yesterday and have just come out of a week of very hot (35+ degrees) humid weather.
I had my husband do the collection this time as I have injured myself and could not test.

Extreme heat and heavy rain

Shawnigan Lake
It’s awkward to get a photo with the sun at my back of the water colour at this location so this photo was maybe not ideal.

Duncan Lake
extreme heat 36C + in the shade
lake still coming up (it's a reservoir)

Excessive rainfall, extreme heat and humidity.
Shoreline/marsh damage due to boat launching through a marsh, Township won't take responsibility despite facilitating this situation. Need help with this situation, have made contact with MNRF.o
Shoreline/marsh damage due to unregulated boat launching through a marsh, Township won't take responsibility despite facilitating this situation. Need help with this situation, have made contact with MNRF. The sand was taken from a parking lot built across the road for ice fishing. The sand was meant for residents to deal with high water levels and sandbagging. There is no signage by tbe Township to deter. I have have this area well documented since March. The road that drove through the marsh turned into a destructive mud bath. I need more support for tbis issue and would prefer to avoid the media.

Very hot

Very humid

Yellow Lake
Very hot sunny weather for two weeks.
litter

Week of very high temperatures 30-40 c

While swimming we have all had fresh water shrimp on ourselves. We have contacted the park and a retired biologist about this.

Lake is green. More weeds showing up

Agnew Lake

Blysteiner Lake
We’ve had a heat wave for the past week with higher than normal temperatures and humidity
Possible blue green algae reported in the lake. (See picture I submitted also). We have ordered a test in order to verify yes or no.
Higher temperatures for longer periods so far this summer

South wind brought warmth
Did secchi disk measurement two days later, July 16, because it was too windy

above average temperatures this week, but no heat dome.
some removal of shoreline vegetation due to ongoing rowing-area maintenance - looks to be minimal impact
One great blue heron. The usual mix of tree and barn swallows, with the barns being more numerous. The new fishing dock looks like a good sample site (less creosote smell and more critters nearby.
pH - 7.04 (using my own pH meter, freshly calibrated)

Chestermere Lake

Long hot spell up to mid-30s daily
More buoys and motor boats every year

Breezy,lake a bit choppy

Actually very clear water for this time of year

Pines have lots of yellow needles.

Rundle Forebay Reservior
Very windy, cold and cloudy
I was not able to get a clarity measurement as the wind was so bad the disc was floating under my kayak. The water was very clear for a good depth. The PH reading didn't go well my water container opened in my bag on the way home.

Rundle Forebay Reservior
I wasn't able to get the clarity or PH reading on this visit

Rain in the afternoon
Yellow flag iris
Secchi depth reading reached bottom at 117cm

Been quite windy for several days and we’ve had heavy rains this week.
The last week or so there has been a lot of algae present.

Memorial Lake

Extreme heat for at least a week

Memorial Lake
higher lake water level

Memorial Lake
Lake water level still high

Lake water level still high

Water level still high

warm
Lake water level still high

Fish Lake

Bear Lake

Precipitation for this area for May 2024 was 63.7 mm, June 2024 was 74.9 mm, July 2024 (to mid-month) has been 36.5 mm, so far. Katepwa Lake SK is surrounded by agricultural land, and some people believe the run-off into the lake contributes to algae blooms. The past week or so there has been wildfire smoke/haze in the air.

Rundle Forebay Reservior
Sunny no wind, still day
The lake is very clear, some spots are visible to the bottom. I wasn't able to use the disc this trip.

Some of the plants including skunk plant are dying

Lake Windermere

Smoky skies
Very late freshet..Level of the Lake unusually high for the season.

We are currently in a heat wave, temps in the low 40s
As spring moves to summer this lake turns into a bit of a wetland, this can make temp readings at depth challenging.

Crisp breezy morning

Smoky haze from forest fires.
Very hot and muggy.
Water was the color of pea soup.

Cedar Lake 2

We have experienced extreme heat for the 3 weeks. We had a significant lightning storm on July 17 and now have a 109 hectare fire burning about 5000 meters away burning at class 3. lots of smoke in the air and the lake has lots of ash and burnt pine needs on the surface.

Seasonable temperatures this week. Little rain.
M. spicatum has spread a thick carpet to cover the entire bay, and can now be seen 200 meters from shore.

Redstone Lake

Gerrong confirmation - not suee if we have invasive aquatic plants - ID is unclear

A little smoky
They replaced the dock wheee I take my sample from

Hot, dry spell. Heavy smoke from northern forest fires
Boat traffic has increased significantly on the lake since July long weekend

Experinceing a heat wave

Plastic water bottles

25C for the past week limited rain

Major rain last week has kept watet temps cooler.

Has been pretty warm but rained last few days. A bit windy today
Clothing items

Has been very hot last two weeks

Lake Windermere
extreme heat

hot!

Extreme heat and wildfire smoke

Extreme flooding last week.

Garbage

Smoky sky with hopefullu a hint of rain

Pike Lake

Smoky
Hot weather is making the algae start to bloom

Geneva Lake
Rain

Heavy smoke from wildfires
Thick weeds in some places and some organic matter present on the surface of the lake.

Lake level has risen since the last measurement.

Absolutely still, not a ripple of wind.
We are consistently unable to open and save the map at our remote wilderness lake. GPS coordinates as 46.07.17.38N. 81.04.06.60W

Wascana Lake
Very windy

Isaac Lake
Someone dumped their garbage. My daughter and I grabbed a bag from the car and cleaned up the location.

Not raining atm
Not sure what kind of algae. Submerged specks

Heat wave is beginning
The water is more brown/green this time.

There was no algae visible near the surface of the lake, compared to the previous time when there was abundant long algae at the same surface.

Overcast and very smokey
Observed that tge water is clear. Secchi depth shows that also.

Water level has dropped significantly- neighbour tampers with water lever affecting heron habitat

Major heat and smoke for 5 days and now today is misty , windy and cool

Severe thunderstorm Wednesday with tornado near Perth
Cooler than usual weather Thursday and today

Lakit Lake
Pollen on water
Grassy area not seen before

Some smoke visible

Baynes Lake
Slight breeze

Very sunny with a few scattered clouds. Light breeze every now and then
Frequent human traffic.
Algae especially by the shore on rocks.

Cooler weather after about three weeks of very hot weather.
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Water lilies, and other unidentified weed have grown in area considerably.

Extreme heat the past 2 weeks, 35c degrees plus.
Heavy smoke in the area from local wildfires.
Domestic cattle are ranging in the area. The cattle are disturbing the shoreline, trampling native vegetation, and entering into the lake. Cattle have been witnessed in the lake and along the shoreline defecating and urinating.

We have a fire evacuation alert

Heat wave for 2 weeks followed by quick cool down. 2 major rain storms yesterday. Smoke & ash from many local forest fires.

Hot, humid, wildfire smoke
Shoreline rockier than more recent plus deeper

The merganser female has 4 ducklings, all were diving already. Water level seems even higher than in May.

Unusual red roots growing underwater on willows. Wind had picked up so our photos are not clear.

Stormy

We had a haze of wildfire smoke for about the past 10 days. The smoke cleared on July 26, 2024.
The lakewater is remarkably clear for this time of year. Wondering if it could be due to the wildfire smoke filtering out the sun's rays, and so the algae isn't growing as much.

Cooler weather 12-24°C last werk after extreme highs reaching upper 30's (two days reached 40)

Lac Vert
The lake has an active campground and beach. We try to collect garbage when we are out paddle boarding.
Along the shoreline there is lots of dead trees and leaves.

Cold wind
Similar to previous observations, the shoreline was dried up and something was decaying. There were some bugs in the material. The water in the distance was stagnant.
This is Mcdonald Lake, but I selected Ghost Lake instead since it wasn't an option.

Strong wind from SW. whitecaps on lake, including at monitoring site

Smokey from area wildfires. Cooling in the last 3 days from month long period of hot weather.

Rain and wind over the past few days
Cyanobacteria particles present in water colum
4.2. m depth 1.6 m secchi
Wind breeze W ripple
Conductivity 191uS
Alkalinity 80 ppm
Hardness 50 ppm
Ortho P = 0 mg/L
Total P 0.2 mg/L
Depth (m). DO (mg/L). Temperature (C)

Kootenay Lake West Arm
Light smoke

warm for a few weeks with intermitent rain

no clouds , no breeze

Slight haze from western forest fires

Windy, overcast and has rained / thunderstormed heavily for past several days. Also just coming out of a heat wave that persisted most of last week - temps near 30c with high humidity. And smoky from western fires.

Sunny and hot, little breeze
Didn't see much wildlife today due to many more people around

Light haze/smoke

Hot, sunny conditions

Hot and breezy
Lots of lake weeds. And lilies

PWC spent over 30 mins yeaterday about 35 m (often less) from shore spinning and making wakes to jump. When we told them it was time to move on they did not react well and appeared to have zero understandkng pf.How persistent exceassive waves/wakes damage the shore.

Very warm 27 to 28 degrees

Mild breeze

Hot, and cloud free

Lac Cardinal
Rain storms and wind.
Plenty of overgrowth bull rushes and water plants

More algae and some tiny white mussels/clams

Moyie Lake
A little smoky

Cooler nights
18 days of over 30C
Some some
Water level is dropping with our dam opened for irrigation.
Our first small rain storm in over a month.

Extreme smoke from forest fires in the area.
FQU (see card 1 extra notes) is 434.53 m.

The lake is still dusty green from local mountain melting

Haze from Alberta and Northern Saskatchewan fires

Trout Lake

Nearby marsh continued to be used as a boat launxg, no Township intervention.

We have had high winds gusting to 60km/hr for the past two days. A little amount of rainfall in those two days as well.
As I had someone do this for me again the coordinates may be off as I don't think they understood how to lock it in place. Please previous survey coordinates.

Yes heat wave arriving

Hazy due to forrestfire smoke. ( local pm2.5 is 44.1 ug/m3, USAQI is 122)

Trout Lake
Rainy/windy

Small amount of trash on the ground near the lake, likely from day users. Park staff usually gather trash on a daily basis so i suspect this will be cleaned up by tomorrow

Some light forest fire smoke haze.

Humitidité

Wrappers from food after the weekend

very windy, it has been hot here.
The algae is thick at the south end of the lake and present at the middle/provincial park areas as well.
There were lots of ducks along my shoreline when I got there and down at the shore there was lots of duckweed. I don't remember seeing duckweed in the past but I'm not sure I would have known it if I did see it.

Small amounts of garbage on the shoreline

Lake Superior

There were some algae floating on the lake but not that significant. The south end of the lake near the University of Regina has a bit more algae.

Extreme heat and humidity

Extreme heat over the weekend.

Nice breeze in the shade.
Hot outside today.
A lot more animal droppings I’ve seen than ever before and the water doesn’t seem as clear

Very hot
Someone posted that they thought there were seeing algae bloom on another part of the lake.

Hot
Possible algae; waiting for confirmation from Natural Resources in Bancroft

Plastic litter in water near shore

Smoke from nearby forest fires

Weed mats are starting to cover large AirPod the lake along the shore.

Smokey slight breeze

Surrounding fires. 17km north and south of Columbia Lake.
About 7 days ago, there were hundreds of whitefish (suckers) dead and floating all over the lake.
Pollution refers to the coal dust all over foreshore and equipment from passing trains carrying coal,

Yellow Lake
last two days have been much cooler after heat wave.

Past two weeks have been thick wildfire smoke, today the smoke was slightly cleared and we had a light rain.
This is quite normal for this lake, in late summer the lake gets small

Some rain overnight. Cool but warming.

14 canada geese on our part of the lake. Too many folks on the lake putting in grass lawns

Red colouring of water along shore, unknown source
A bit windy for secchi disk measurement
Film of red water mover down shore and was visible still two days later lower down lake

Very breezy

there is a weed that starts at about 50' from the shore and is about 10' wide along the shore for a long distance. I'm told it is elodea. (photo)

Rained this morning. Hot weather previous days

first rain in several weeks arrived over last couple of days
not heavy, no local flooding
two photos - taken from the new fishing dock approx 50 metres east of the rowing club dock. -two pictures submitted.

Lake Nephawin

Wildfire smoke

The Secchi disc bottomed out - the lake remains clear!

and windy

Smokey
Heard loons
Carpenter ant
Two helicopters with water buckets getting water out of the lake
Conductivity 141
Dissolved oxygen 10
Chlorine 0
Alkalinity 80
Total Hardness 0

Higher than normal temps and lower than normal rain for last few weeks
Some days we see small algae, some days it is entirely clear.

Heavy rain last night

Short rain storms occurred previous two days.
Pollution: Near shoreline observed a used paper plate, an old towel rag, and a piece of foam.
Shoreline changes: Water level has dropped considerably from two weeks ago. Previous two weeks was a period of extreme heat.

Extreme heat (mid 30’s) during past 2-5 days. Smoke from local wildfires.

Smoke from wildfire and extreme heat

The algae that was present last week is gone this week.

Windy. Poor air quality due to smoke from wildfires.

Duncan Lake
14000 hectares on fire since 17 July thick smoke not much visibility extreme heat huge rescue operations under way helicopters water bombers many fire fighters evacuation Argenta and surrounding areas 24 July still evacuated
lake still coming up so less beach lots of drift wood and also many trees fallen over in the 17/7 storm

Smoke from forest fires.

reservoir is coming up abt 30 ft from shore

Very clear for this time of year

Hazy

Hazy with forest fire smoke

Smoky haze.

Smoky haze

water level down about 5 inches since 7 July

European frogbit

No wind. Very calm

It’s been very hot and hazy himidex of 38 celcius for several days

Heat. Temperatures in the mid 30s with humidex levels in the upper 30s and low 40s.

Exteme heat, forrest fire smoke
Lake level has decreased by 3.3 meters since June 28, 2024

Light Rained for about all of 2 mins

Been hot & still last 2 days - hot & windy now
Busiest weekend in ages for motorcraft.

Heavy humidity, rain expected with possible tstorms+15064578820

Extreme heat for the last month
Boats
Floating weeds/parts of plants this time

Smoky
Beer cans

It has been a very hot week 28, 29C everyday with no rain.

Conestogo lake
Stuff floating at surface

Green algae present. Usually the lake has quite a bit of blue green algae at this time of year but I haven't seen any so far this year.

Big rain and thunderstorms

Major wildfire smoke

A little smoky

Litter

HOT

A few food wrappers from the long weekend

Alta Lake
Lightning yesterday, heat wave ongoing

Thunder

Smokey, wildfires in the area.
Water clear, bottom visible. No Secchis.
Location of this site is in the Kaslo Bsy, but i cant the map on this form to "mark" it. See previous samples for coordinates.

Cool mid week with very cool nights followed by Heat warning starting July 27 2024.
The week leading up to this observation, a new post dock was built to replace the old crib dock. I added the picture to the shoreline changes. Also note in the photo of across the lake the leaves on the birch / popular trees are coming back after the tent caterpillar invasion earlier this summer (see last picture submitted weeks ago).
Wasn't able to do clarity due to access to a boat. Will take in the next few weeks.
Did ph measurement which was 8.5

Lac Témiscamingue

Kioshkowi Lake
Wind out of South West.
Rain 3 hours ago.

Kiosk Lake

There were lots of algae just below the water surface again this time along with some suspended solids by the emerged plants.

Very hot weather this week

Hot, seasonal conditions.

Morfee Lake North

I calibrated the PH monitor but it read a PH of 8 - there is no way it’s 8 so I left it blank

PH meter read 8 - there is no way the lake has a ph of 8 so I left it blank. Will calibrate the meter. Secchi disk bottomed out…lake is clear.

Light smoke from local wildfires.
Past week has seen heavy rain storms with thunder and lighting.

Slightly smoky
Lake fertilization program in
Generally invasive species have not changed.
Today I do notice a lack of animals and birds. I hear one osprey, that’s it. It is eerily quiet.

Smokey from fires

Lower night temperatures than two weeks ago
A creek where our rainbow trout spawned has dried up and gone underground.
Many fry are caught in warm pools.
They will not make it into the lake.
This seems to be happening more frequently.
The lake continues to be stocked each spring with triploidsf

Light rain last night

Tropical storm Debbie brought down pour yesterday and is forecasted again tomorrow
More residents are contracting to have large stones along shoreline (hardening of shoreline)
We are one of few left natural with trees etc

Smoky sky

Windy and smokey

Substantial rainfall yesterday due to Hurricane Debby's remnants passing thru.
Oil sheen on surface of water. Small - 1 or 2 sq metres.

Light wind, a beautiful day

Has been windy and cool for the last week. Yesterday wind calmed some and temperatures started to warm up. Today is dead calm
Notable increase in algae floating in water compared to previous weeks monitoring

Thunder nearby, could be raining soon.

Bouleau Lake
Algae was much great this week. In large clumps

Long hot spell easing
Minnows, a few dozen, not a large school

Thunder earlier today

Rain - the lake has already risen 80 centmetres and it is stillbrising.
Huge rainfall has no doubt washed nutrients into the lake. Wake boatsvwrecking havoc on the shoreline

Light haze from wildfires smoke

Sunny and clear skies when started, but very overcast and rainy by the end.
Had to leave without taking the deeper temperature reading this time due to rain forecasted the rest of the day. Also windy
Lots of litter
1 week after the Civic Holiday, with many people around.
Lots of people in the water and water was calmer today.

Very hot for several days, now cooler with a bit of rain

First rain after several days of hot weather

Nice cool morning, slight smoke haze
Wayer level dropping 10 m since june

water level is still high

Water level still high.

Hot humid weather last 4-5 days due to post tropical storm Debbie going by the coast
We have 2 loon pairs on the lake this year that have each had one young hatch

Wilfire smoke modetate aqi 70. Variation from 130 to 50 over last week

Smoky from BC / AB fires, light north wind. Warmer today but has been quite cool (10c) and rainy in latter half of last week, following a major heat wave in early August.
In the past three weeks, the amount of submerged aquatic vegetation in the lake has become really astounding. We have never seen so many weeds! All are native.
There are lots of muskrats at the far end of the lake (we’ve not had many muskrats in the past) and they are making mats from all the submerged weeds.

Hazy, there was a fire here on July 17, the Shetland wildfire. Part of the woods on the west side of the lake were burn. Site where I collect was untouched but no trees there. Could not sample 2 weeks ago as valley was still under evacuation. Water was taken from the lake to fight fires in the valley.
Forest burned around the lake, the lake has not reduced to my eye, the level. I am adding pictures to show the devastation.

No wind
Very minimal algae for this time of year.

severe electric storms in the area, said to be caused by wildfires in West Kootenay

Storming off and on all day. Windy

Smoky

Hot but not extreme.

There is a haze due to forest fire smoke.

Very windy

Very smokey due to local wild fires

No blue green algae was observed. Lake was very clear for this time of year.

Higher than average temperatures. Humidity has been very high as well.
Dark green/brown algae has appeared along the shore near our lakefront. Possibly due to high water temps.
We’ve noticed that leeches have disappeared from our area of the lake this year. Neighbour reports the same. Uncertain why this has happened. Haven’t seen a single one.

Yellow flag iris

very hot and humid 2 days prior then changed to cooler weather
smell of fire at times possibly coming from forest close by that is burning

Light rain

Pollution refers to the coal dust all over foreshore, equipment, docks, etc., from trains carrying coal. Shoreline changes refers to property owners along the lake installing docks, moorage etc., because no one monitors these things on the lake. There is no permission granted for these. In fact, for some, it was denied and they went ahead and built along the foreshore anyway.

There always tends to be pollution in this area due to how highly trafficked it is by humans and boats. Some algae is present, though I’m unsure of specific identification. Photos attached.
My thermometer has been taking a very long time to determine temperatures, which made me miss the previous water monitoring weekend as I was concerned it was broken. I tested it this morning in an ice bath and it did get to 0, although it took quite a while. I was suspicious of the readings being 21 degrees for all of my different checks today, but wanted to share that I held it in each spot for probably around 10 minutes so I am hoping that they are accurate. Please reach out to me with any questions, concerns, or recommendations - esme.campbell@icloud.com. Thanks!

Light rain in last 48 hours

Lake Superior
Light rain in last 48 hours

It has been warm (24 -26 C) for the last week. Calm winds and little rain. Tha lake was very active with boats and people on the weekend.
I had someone else do this for me as I am still unable to get to the lake with my injury. They have trouble capturing the location on the map so please use June's GPS location for accuracy.

Excessive rain yesterday, lake levels high for this time of year.

Hurkett Cove - Lake Superior
Globular Cyanobacteria

light smoke in air from fires
I'm not sure about the identity of the thick underwater plants that grow parallel to the shore line. I have been told that it is elodea, not milfoil.

Algae. Weed mats
We use to have salamanders in the lake and they were very common to spot. But now we hardly ever see them. They are now very rare.

Water was the clearest i have seen since testing started

Green blue algae confirmed by the Health Unit in the Bonfield bay.

light breeze then became calm.

Always lots of algae here in July/August.

Heavy rain

Rain showers yesterday

Smoky from surrounding wildfires

Very smoky from surrounding wildfires

Extreme smoke from forest fires.
Arrow Lakes water depth fluctuates and is currently decreasing. This means that there is a shoreline change (with more shoreline appearing as the water level decreases).

Smoke from wildfires
See below.
Multiple wildfires have burned the Lake shore of Valhalla Provincial Park across the lake from this observation point. Reason forget there long gap between measurements due wildfire evacuation. Also wildfire damage of lakeshore south of Bannock Point to south of Enterprise Creek. Data from BC wildfire service, not observed by me.

Have had thunder storms the last few days

lake level down approx one inch since last observations late July

Slight breeze, no clouds.
Visible garbage
Noisepollution form island airport

Blue green algae notice has been posted at public access points, suspect at my location but cant definitively id
Water low, hence shallow depth reading off end of my dock

smoke
lake level high

water level lower

Temperatures were in the 30's for August long weekend
Water quality has been exceptionally good this summer. There has been some algae, but no blue/green algae yet (that I've seen or heard of).

Readings taken after hurricane Debby ..water levels are higher

Warm breeze
There a helicopter filling up with water dropping it higher up on a mountain on the NE side of the highway.
There is a little bit of foam at the shoreline.
Dragon flies over the lake.
There are more lily pads at the northeast end of the lake.

Warm spell

weather about 4 degrees cooler than seasonal. air quality good.
plastic debris in water, but less than on my last visit. no pix and too far away to snag. I picked up a few fish hooks that had been left on the dock (still with pieces of line attached) and disposed of same safely.
rowing club had a few boats on the water. not much wind.
NOTE pH:6.87

Slightly smoky

hot, sunny, no wind
recent storms have brought in more rocks, (algae?) debris

Like pea soup.

Windy, storm coming in

Brewer Pond
Evening

Rained approx 10 mm overnight

Lake color denotes the presence of algae

Severe rain this week, with high humidity and temperatures in the mid-20s.

Doing a modified schedule for Aug. Hope that's ok!

The lake has now receided to 1416.5’ which is a decline of approx 17’ since the end of June.

Heavy rain in yhe past 24 hrs. Lake level also down by aporx 12 inches to facilitate repair on dam

Windy,cool

It was warm and dry last week
Annual speed boat races that are extremely loud so no wildlife around

Rain two days ago

Very strong winds

the lake weed has fully clogged the small bay where the dock is located, and the pond lillies are in bloom and also fully covering the left side of the dock and starting on the right side

Rain past few days

Kahshe Lake
Heavy rain for two days
Beautiful Big Lake
It’s a very Busy like with boats

Stable, less humdity. Lots of pollen in lake, see pboto

Medium rain aug 17

smoke haze

Medium rain Aug 18 2024 .. large wave action

Hazy from smoke
Very minimal algae for the middle of August

More beach as the summer goes on. This is normal for this lake.

Unable to do data check this week as there are active fires nearby. Public told to stay away from the lake because helicopters are bucketing.

rain storm on Aug 16

Thunder storm and rain the night before

Strong south wind and thick haze from distant wildfire smoke.
There continues to be very thick native submerged vegetation throughout the lake, and other lakes in the region are similarly reporting this unusual productivity. Local resource managers suspect it’s due to very low ice and snow cover last winter, plus low water levels last season, which has allowed plants to get established where they previously could not. Also, trumpeter swans returned to our lake a few days ago. They are residing at the far end of the lake so I don’t see them at present.

Windy again for multiple days.
Although I couldn't get out on the boat to do clarity I did do a ph level reading.
Reading was 6.82.
The pictures I uploaded show the natural form like substance that sometimes washes in when it's windy

Forgot to bring my ph meter on the boat so didn't take ph

The lake surface elevation is at a record low of ~530m for this time of year.
Noticeable petroleum residue on the surface. There are a number of boats tied up at the public wharf, where this sample site is located.

Heavy rain last night.
Extensive wildfire damage on west shore and upslope.

Rain the last 2 days

Light wind at 7km/hr from the north.
Domestic cattle have heavily grazed the Schoenoplectus pungens along the left shoreline into the lake approximately 3m.

Litter (Red solo cup) in shallow water

Fairly heavy smoke from distant forest fires. Wind is calm

Rainy all week, felt like the fall, cooler nights, today summer is back. Yeah.

Invasive species same as previous submissions

Many fewer boats and people on the lake compared to one month and two weeks ago

The lake level is going down

Slight wind

Strong south on shore wind

Thick fog and smoke for the morning and early afternoon.
I'm still having issues with the form not accepting my entries of species. I saw a Hummingbird Moth, and a Monarch Butterfly (male). The lake was very "green" today.

Mostly overcast and smoke with some cooler temps. (+16 C) A small amount of precipitation fell 2 days ago. Wind is expected to gust to 50kmh today.
The water is looking a little greener to get it it as the wind is up in the middle of the lake. You can still see bottom tho.

Rain overnight and windy today

windy. 6km/h gusts. Choppy lake with waves

Water is color green due to presence of algae

Quite a lot of rain recently
Secchi disk bottomed out. Lake was very quiet today few people and no wildlife.

Heavy rain overnight.
Cooler night time temperatures over past week.

Lots of floaties on the lake. People were jumping off the fishing dock causing water to be turbid.

Been raining since last night, big first rain of the summer as we are in a drought, could be 20-30 mm

Good heavy rain since last night, drought all summer

Light on shore wind

Heavy rain, thunder and lightning storm.
Arrow Lakes water depth fluctuates and is currently decreasing. This means that there is a shoreline change (with more shoreline appearing as the water level decreases).
Dead ling cod lying at water's edge.
FQU (see card 1 extra notes) is 430.62 m.

Humid up to 40 Celsius
A very large presence of vegetation under water

Yesterday was sunny and warm but the previous week has been rather cloudy with some light rain.

Thunder Storm and extreme wind
10days ago hundreds of tadpoles matured and the shore was covered with tree frogs trying to make it to land.
The mallards arrived and ate hundreds.

recently we've had several rain showers, windy with gusts - 40KPH; and sudden drop in temperatures.
Western Painted Turtles, several bull/cow elk and whitetail deer on the road just outside the park.
tourists from nearby campsite trying to net turtles. they 'promised' they would release them unharmed.
i have also witnessed (though not on Lake Blitz trips) families harassing loon and Canada goose families - trying for unique photos and letting their kids maul the wildlife.
To really protect the waters and wildlife, true enforcement policies would require authorized staff and fines that would hurt the pocketbook enough to change attitudes.

Still

Very dry conditions this summer

Has been warming up the last couple days after much cooler weather

Cold spell

Extreme rain and thunder the night before

We just had two days of heavy rain, with high water warnings for creeks
More trash in the lake

Erosion

smoky since july 17 for major forest fires N wind water color gray
reservoir has started to go down a little later than usual and it did not totally fill this year

the 14000 hectare fires across lake have been mostly extinguished as there has also been some rain some fires remain across from duncan island
lake going down about 20 ft since last report

Data gathered by someone else and O can NOT get the map coordinates entered from home. Tried many times. Move the map? Fine. Centre the targrt? Fine. Doublexlick or hit the upper left or anuthjng elae? Nope nope nope. So now you know where I live.

Lake Couchiching
Lots of sun hot day

Warmer than usual - temps in high 20’s, however nights are going down to 13/14/15
Lake has been murky off and on for past two to three weeks. We did a 123 rapid test for blue green algae and it came back with a (light) positive. No evidence of fish or game or human illness due to it so far. Seems to clear off when daily temperature drops
Hurricane passing by last week kept night temperatures high and we had exotic humidity

There was a day of steady rain yesterday.

Sunny but cool

Lake is clearing from the glazer melt.
No one is swiming today.
There is wind blown debry in the lake including insects

Dissolved oxygen 8
Chlorine 0
Alkalinity 20
Hardness 100
Small speck in the water
Fish jumping
1 paddle boarder
2 x 2 fisher people in each boat
2 kayakers

Periods of rain yesterday. Low of 9 degrees

Heavy rain for 24 hours ending the evening of Saturday Aug 24

humid very warm

Going to be 30 degrees later today storm on the way

Very hot weather
Low water levels due to heat; presence of algae along shoreline

Very hot.
Piece of duct tape, food wrapper, cigarette bud

Humidity has returned, chance of tstorms in late afternoon

Clear sky and not windy

Lake was closed to swimming this past week due to blue-green algae bloom

A fierce gale occurred on August 23rd. High waves pushed invasive weeds (Eurasian Milfoil?) up on the foreshore (along with numerous watercraft that were torn from their moorings).
Waves from large sports boats impact the shoreline more and more each year.

A major wind storm occurred on August 24th.

Some air pollution/smog

Small Dock Spider - Yeah! Some type of water bug.
When leaving from my cousin's place on the boat, noticed more algae than normal at her place. We don't have this at our place but they are in a more shallow bay. There is an over abundance of brown algae and the green algae floating is new this year.
I took the clarity readings later in the day (about 6:00 PM) when I could get access to the boat.

Rained overnight/this morning

first clear sunny day after a week+ of rain. temp below seasonal norm.
plastics in water under the rowing club viewing deck near the new fishing area.
rowing and kayak lessons underway, so more lake traffic than usual. not many birds visible which is unusual.
pH = 6.82

Windy today
Water level of lake has dropped significantly since last observation.

We recently had a storm which dropped the temperature significantly and brought a lot of rain.

We have had very rainy conditions and windstorms of late and the temperatures are cooling off considerably in the evenings.
There have been two instances where we have intervened with other lake users who are catching the painted turtles and picking them up on their paddle boards.We have reported this to our conservation officer in the area.

Mostly cloudy

Starting to get warmer

Cool nights
Level has dropped

calm, lake water level is still high
algae"" at the shallower end of the lake. We will try to take a photo next time.

Thick green algae. Did not see blue green.

Cooler weather last 7 days

Heavy rain over night

Lake level conrinues to be low; maintenance on High Falls Dam near Bancroft continues

Garbage on shoreline

Garbage on the shoreline

Lac Vert
We had a big rain fall and lots of rocks and sand eroded into the lake.

previous week cool rainy

Lots of water chop

Lake level continues to recede. Lots of stumps showing and concerns of fish stranding

A hot Labour Day weekend.
The surface patch of algae has diminished in size, with there now being 3 distinct patches instead if 1 contiguous mass, but the area is still quite substantial.

15mm of rain Friday night.

Calm after 2 days of high winds
No large blooms

Lota wind

Near record heat for september

Cold snap. Frost forecast for tonite

Weather has turned cooler this past few days.

Very windy.

There has been a drop in temperature within the past 2 days

The water lever has been decreasing. This week, a new little island has emerged out of the water.

Possibly bluegreen,but not sure

None (Heavy rain tonight.)
Green-brown algae along shore

some rain today
difficult to get deep temperatures at this location

Cold and rainy

The sky looks smocky

Moderate wind from the west
Light algae present in lake

Lake is very clear.
Lake levels have stopped dropping as the dam has now been closed.

The pond lillies and the lake algae have covered the surface and the water to a depth of at least two feet, which is why my water depth measurements are less than they used to be. When i pull the thermometer up it is covered in algae.

No blue green algae blooms

Some litter between the rocks

Cool weather for 3 day and 15mm of rain in the last 24hrs.

Hazy slight smell of smoke in the air - past two days have been close to 30 Celsius

Secchi disk measurement for Aug.24th was 12.10 and 11.90

Raining on and off cooler oit
Extremely dirty, water, furry Substance at the bottom lots of garbage everywhere this lake looks dead to me
This lake is so dirty I hear 1 millions of geese in the distance which doesn’t help the lake. The lake is full Of boats all summer
I honestly don’t know how people can fish here and they do

There is a general light haze from Washington Forest fires.
A new floating purplish algae-like organism was floating on the surface. I saw four different pieces.

Raining for 2 days and this morning
Water was high about 3 weeks ago

Rained all day. Has been quite cool for 3 days. 5 degree nights

There is a light haze from forest fire smoke.
There has been greenish-brown algae-like stuff floating on/in the lake since late July. Today, I saw four globs of purplish algae-like stuff. This is new. Pictures are below.

Light smoke

It was worse yestetday (than pic)

Very breezy today; lake was somewhat choppy.
Water level in lake has dropped significantly from observation two weeks prior. Had to move slightly downstream to access deep enough water for monitoring.

Damp and hazy.

Absolutely still.

Very sunny and bright, enjoying summer like weather in September.

Temperature observations taken by neighbour on my behalf as i am travelling. I could not fix the map location though. It should be same as previous submission:50 deg 2 min N, 116 deg 52 min W +\- 4.7 m.
Weather observation made from security cameras. No wildlife or invasive species observations were made.

Rain with notable drop in day time and overnight temperature.

Lots of weed mats coming to the surface.

Windy on the lake. (NE 20, gusts to 40 k/hr according to Env. Canada). I estimate actual wind at 40-50+ k/hr.
Decided wind was too high on lake for Secchi dusk measurements. Whitecaps forming.

Longpine Lake

Rained last night and turned cool

Warm conditions after cold and rain
Very clean Lake
But on canal system
Lots of boats

Rain all day yesterday

Plants have died off quite a bit with cooler temperatures. Slight increase in the height of the lake water, most likely because of heavy rain recently. We lost alone 1516 again OK

Little Wind

Warmer water near shore and evaporated shoreline causing more algae

Heavvy rain last night

Near frost over night

Has been very windy past few days

28 degrees, hot for 3 days

Rain.
Pollution, in the form of a sunken boat, was clearly visible subsequent to decreasing lake water level. Shoreline changes are more and more evident as the lake water level decreases.
Due to decreasing lake water levels, the monitoring site used all season is now out of, and is about 15.5 m away from, lake water. Thus, secchi disk readings are no longer attainable. The same for below water surface data. FQU (see card #1 extra notes) is 427.76 m.

Due to low snowpack and hot spring the lake level is at its lowest for this time of the year since 1976

cooler temperatures and some recent rain

Visible algae suspended in the water, more than usual

Previous days were raining
There was a film with some bubbles present near the dock.
Far fewer frogs evident. No waterfowl spotted.

Heavy rainfall from post tropical storm approx 7 days ago brought up lake level by 4-6 inches

We had 3/4 inch of rain two days ago and a bit of light rain this morning for an hour. It is a 18km wind today. We had an algae bloom 7 days ago for two days.
The water temp dropped approximately 4 degrees since our last testing for both surface and 75 cm depths. Interesting from a civilian's perspective.

Thunderstorms last night

Lake level dro

Strong south wind. Very hot for September (30C) in recent days and we’ve had no rain at all for about 3 weeks so conditions are very dry. Lake level has dropped about 3” in last two weeks. Trees are dropping leaves and appear wilted.
My pH meter is no longer working (wasn’t calibrating correctly for past couple of sampling events, either) so I’ve ordered a new one but it won’t be here for another week or two.

High pressure, really lovely weather, cool nights around 10C

Sunny days after a colder spell of a few days

Calm, low winds

Clear, no wind, hot
Water level is way down

Rained last few days
Beer cans, abandoned chair

It has been very warm lately.

Dead calm wind

Cloudy, no sun
Plastic

Plastic

Unseasonalbly warm for multiple days.

Plastics

Small amount plastic in water

Chilly

Heat wave and smoke haze

Blue-green algae for the last month or so. No swimming allowed
Hard to see in pictures but lake is very cloudy,kind of looks like sand floating in the water

Water level dropped to 426 m.
Depth is 1.5m
No boat docks launch getting harder to use dam reservoir

Sun is now behibd the mountain at this site

forest fires had reactivated in the last 2 weeks but with last nite's rain there was no sign of them
lake going down as water is drawn out (dam is open)

It has been quite cool at night, around 5*C, and raining quite a bit this week.

seasonal temperatures

High temps, mid to high 20s air temp all last week

Warm spell
Furry green stuff on rocks

Pollution as usual due to being heavily trafficked.

Sunny, no clouds, very light breeze. Perfect day.

Lac Sauriol
Heavy rain on the previous day and generally rainy the previous week.

Lac Sauriol

It is normal for this lake to have a substantial shoreline change in the late summer/fall, however, its not usually this extreme.

Wind is significant. White caps on the main lake with some influence into the Bay, where this site is.
The lake is at record low levels for this date, measured as 530.92m/1491ft at Queens Bay (FortisBC).
A very lovely and breezy day!

Wind

Hot and dry for the past week
Its tje worst ive seen
The overhead pic of ducks swimming and leaving a wake in the algae is a copy of a pic i took with my drone yesterday

plastic bottle in water, some plastic bits on dock.

More every year.
Paddling by it's noticable i.e. gas fumes

11C overnight

There have been about 6 juvenile Bald Eagles around the past couple weeks. There are hundreds of gulls on the lake. Pelicans and Cormorants are beginning to migrate.
I reported to the Conservation Officer about 6 dirt bikes that were tearing up the beach near the weir. It's an area where there's a population of Northern Leopard Frogs and many birds rest and feed.

Cold front moved in 2 days before today. Been very cold and cold nights.
Couldn't do water clarity with disc as didn't have access to a boat this date.

Still algae concerns at the location of the boat (cousin's cottage). More algae in her bay than mine but her bay is more shallow and gets a lot of wind.
Was away the weekend of the data collection so did the data collection this evening instead as close to the weekend as possible (and with no wind).
Noticed clarity better than weeks previous. Lake has been very quiet to boat traffic now that summer is coming to an end.

Higher than usual temp for september

water level is still high.

water level has dropped approx. 10cm

please see photos. I'm not sure if algae is the correct term for this floating 'stuff'.

Lake level still quite low due to maintenance of High Falls Dam oj the York River

Cool breeze, very light drizzle for 5 mins and stopped
3 jetskis started going fast nearby where I was collecting the 1m depth water temperature so I didn't stay as long to wait for if the thermometer would stabilize more, and the water was being very disturbed, causing possible error.
Can hear other birds chirping but didn't see any other animals at this time.

calm

A lot of geese droppings on the dock

Foggy

Cool,windy,

Warm and dry

Cool breeze, a bit humid
Lots of people around, litter
Unable to take the water depth temperature today.

South wind is mixing water limited rain ans above average temps for the past 3 weeks

Very cold night,close to 0 degrees this morning

Have had very hot and humid days and cool nights for the last week at least.
One mollusc was dead I think washed up on shore. In addition to the dead mollusc, in the last week a dead pickerel minnow washed up on shore. No evidence of external injury and anything indicating what happened to it. Didn't have my camera with me to take a picture and it was gone when I was down at the lake next.
Didn't have access to a boat for clarity readings today.

Has been raining,more rain expected
Not as bad as last week

Slight smoke over the lake

We picked up a small amount of litter: a beer can and some plastic. We also saw cigarette butts.
The lake is very quiet at this time of year. The park is closed and we had to walk into the lake.

Extreme windstorm previous evening with wind gusts up to 90 km/h.

Windy today

Vegetation in the water is disappearing very quickly, presumably with the cooler temperatures.

After huge rainstorms and tornadoes early last week, the past week has seen a return to midsummer temperatures and lots of sunshine. Other area lakes (Lake of the Woods, Winnipeg River, Gunn Lake) are experiencing severe cyanotoxic algae blooms this week but our lake is absolutely clear.
For the first three weeks of September, we had little to no rain and the surrounding forest was starting to show signs of drought stress. The lake level had dropped to the lower side of normal. But we got a huge volume of rain last week and the lake is currently at the upper end of normal depth. Water clarity is remarkably good. The lake has not yet turned over and is well mixed from strong winds in recent days.

Water level is down quite a bit

Partial lunar eclipse September 17-18, 2024.
Water is clear.

Major wind storm 2 days ago

Quite windy and we’ve had big weather systems moving through this week.

None here. Flassh flooding 40kms away earlier this week.
First sunny observation day! Windy on the lake.

Windy and turned cold

Calm.
Today when I came to my spot the dock had been removed. I could not get any proper temperatures, except air. I tossed my thermometer in to the woter and guessing 30 centimeter depth. I left it for about 3-4 minutes and got 15 C, but I realize this does you no good. I guess I'm done for the season.
Keep me in mind for next year. I may be able to wrangle a canoe and do a couple lakes at Level 2. Have a good winter.

No major events, but of note, very low rainfall, half of average amounts through august and september;
low water levels, not possible to get to deeper water for measurement

Calm. Previous few days were windy

Windy and choppy waters
Cups and cans floating on water

It's a delighful autumn day.

Berries on high bush cranberry bush, asters, ironwood, balsum poplar seedling, joe pye weed

Just a tiny bit breezy today. No precipitation for at least a week
Last day! Looking forward to doing this next year!

Continuing erosion - over the last few decades with the advent of wakeboard boats we have lost over half a metre of sand from our beach.

50-60kmh south, on shore wind

Lake Couchiching
Warm weather
Very weedy
Water level very low even if this water level was
Very low

30 km wind gusting to 60 km

Low wind

Lots of plant material. Boats
Brown colour near the shore because the waves are stirring the sand up

Light SW wind.

Unusually warm for September.

Just some sunny days

There were a couple pieces of rubbish in the lake.
I walked all rhe way arond the lake and there were no birds, not even Canada geese

Lake is colored green indicating the presence of algae.

Lake is still colored green.

Blue-green algae. Not as cloudy as 2 weeks ago but still noticeable. No swimming signs still present

Wind gusts up to 40KPH

Beautiful day!

Temp observations taken by neighbour.on my behalf as I am travelling. Could not fix map location, which should be changed to be same as previous submissions. Weather conditions observation made from security cams. No wildlife or invasive species data collected.

Seasonably cool

First frost last night

Beautiful fall weather, no issues or concerns alkng shoreline

have had some hurricane type weather
stiff northern wind with white caps and then swells towards end of monitoring still some forest fires going

Phenominal September weather!

Coliform count up to over 2300 probably due to very warm water We also worry that the 80 SUP’s that use the lake with many canoes and kyacks only have two outhouses.ouses!
The lake clarity is very good so we are not too worried about this just yet.

Major windstorm 3 1/2 days ago.
Derelict boat on lake shore of Upper Arrow Lake at McDonald Creek Provincial Park.
Shoreline changes are more and more evident as the lake water level changes.
Monitoring site used is now out of water. Thus, secchi disk readings are not attainable nor is below surface data.
FQU (see card #1 extra notes) is 428.09 m.

Near frost at night

Minus 4 last night

Spitting rain

Cigarette butt in water. Bad fisherman.

Rained the day before

Dog poop on shore

Trash and dog poop

Rained overnight

Water level low,

The park was closed to vehicle traffic as some construction is occurring within the park. I had to walk in from the gate, just like in May before the park opened.

A lovely day.
Sorry, late sending off the data. I'll continue sampling every 2 weeks for a while.

quite windy and choppy

Cooler fall weather

Water level very low
Found a sand bar i've never seen before.

Water very low

Unsure about my pH monitor, had doubts of it's accuracy a bit ago, cleaned it, seemed ok for a few times but now back to seeming like it just won't settle and continuously changes over quite a large range.

Seems as though silt/gravel/dirt of some sort was dumped off the dock. Not very consistent but distinct enough patches I think it has to have been done on purpose. Bit hard to see in the photo but it's usually all aquatic plants, can see some right near the edge of the dock are covered.

Weather has been warmer than usual for past month
Appears to be a high algae co tent for this time of the year (however night temperatures have been a couple degrees above normal average for this time of the. year). Might be another blue green algae bloom. Test earlier this summer showed positive - however no ill effects reported by people who swam in the area

Extremely Smoky - around 180ppm

No boats on the lake today, very calm all morning

Warm days and cold 5C nights

Just had a massive thunderstorm with lots rain

Light breeze from south

Shoreline garbage

The water clarity picture is of water over 1 M deep

Have had very cold nights and warmer days. Windy today
Just the natural foam on the shoreline when it's windy
No concerns but just observation of natural foam along shorelines

No wind
Murky water due to 100km hour winds recently

Lakit Lake
thunderstorm by end of monitoring
observing through the season the levels of the lake drop due to evaporation

The disc bottomed out - lake was very quiet with few humans and no visible wildlife

Sunny and cool, perfect fall day
Our neighbor took out trees to put in large stone wall-hardening of shore line.

Much cooler than previous observation times. Wind off the lake. No living plants species visible.

Cool temperatures this week.dql
Autumn has arrived, with cooler temperatures above and veliw the waterline.

Cold and windy. Summer is over!
Too cold, rainy & windy to get the rest of the measurements.

Lake os clear, can see the cobble rocks and silt bottom on lake bef
Dead Ponderosa pine on right shore (north of sampling dock). One of a number of large Ponderosa trees who have died ovet last few years
Man made "dam" extends from shoreline.
A local fellow, in his 50s, recalls that in his Kokanee spawned along this shoreline. I've never sern one in my 15+ years visiting the lakefront

Auroras 2 days ago

cold nights 3-5C
lake level has dropped by 35cm , normal fall draw down

Frost
Mist over the lake

Rain previous night

Sunny and calm for last 2 days

Lake still closed due to blue-green algae. Still cloudy but improved from a couple months ago

Lac Sauriol
It's a very sunny day with a few wispy clouds.
Each year we see more lily pads in the bay beside the monitoring site. There are also more weeds specifically in an area where a tree fell several years ago and there is now decayed leaf matter.

The shoreline is fairly stable for the first year in many. There is a dam which has stayed the same level throughout the summer. The water is now slightly below the level of the dam due to a Crack in the rock beside the dam where water seeps through.

Moderate wind out of the east. Frost overnight
Water level has dropped about 12” since spring

First day of rain after 2 days of unseasonably high temperatures.

Large temperature drop.

Due to the wind I couldn’t measure below surface water temperature and secchi depth. The wind was too strong and kept moving us, so the thermometer and the secchi disk were being dragged in the water column.

alto stratus almost no wind beautiful day been warmand sunny for the last week +
lake is a reservoir and is going down steadily

wake boats and speed boats washing out shore line

Light showers

Weather has been cool and clear for several days.

Extreme wind

Weather jumped up to 37 degrees

Still in a hot heat wave
still the boats wakes crashing the shoreline

Still extreme heat

day are hot but nights are cool

still the wake board and speed boats wrecking the shore line

Matagamasi Lake

Lots of dog walkers for a midweek afternoon! Lake was recently stocked with trout - lots of happy fishers!

Wind out of the SW 28 km gusting to 42

Raining, cloudy. Around 12 deg C°

Raining, cloudy . Around 12 deg c. Squirrels

Cool East wind today. Boat is put away - no access to do clarity.

Light breeze from the north. Ice went off the lake May 6 but has been cold and windy most days since. Skiff of snow yesterday
PH meter calibrated May 24,2024. Water clarity photo taken at BW2. The location of BW1 sample point is 51.64752 N. 101.6377 W

ice free
For this time of year lake is low not much for run off no debris in the lake like in previous years

Warmer than normal, but no major events
Some snow still in the mountains surrounding the lake. Very occasional snow in the woods. Less than this time last year.

Some heavy rain.

Lake did not freeze had enough to walk on this winter. Early breakup (end of February. Have seen and heard far less eagles around lake this year.

Had 3 days of above average heat in last week (i.e. 28-30 degrees)

Lodgepole Lake
Rain yesterday

Lake levels are much lower at this time compared with last year

Moira Lake

Nosbonsing
Yhunderstorm warning out for this afternoon

Warm,windy

3 days of above average tempereatures

St. Nora Lake

Rained 2 hours before collection, light chilly wind

Slight breeze

Heavy rain overnight and in the morning

Heavy rain storm last night
Pollen beginning to accumulate on water surfaces

Heavy rain storm last night
The air temperature seems much colder than the thermometer is registering. My car registered 8 degrees air temperature.

Brisk north wind, thick haze of smoke from BC AB fires today.
Water clarity is very good right now but our drought persists and the lake is very low. Secchi reading at end of dock had disc sitting on bottom.

We have just had a very rainy week that finally broke a year-long+ drought. It’s been cold (froze a few nights ago!) and windy. Today it’s not raining and is only slightly breezy and should warm up.
Lots of pollen (Jack pines, mostly) this week!! Mostly gone from surface but coats underside of submerged rocks.

The water level is up a couple inches in the last couple weeks. Since October 9, 2024, there has been an increase in algae and on October 9, 2024, I observed blue/green algae on the lake.

Cold overnight temperatures in the minus. Ice is starting to form along the shoreline.

The lake is at the end of fall draw down and has dropped 0.68m since its peak May 30th this year. Thus reduced volume which will allow the lake to cool at an accelerated rate.

Windy,cold
Water level is lower than any time recently.

over 120 mm rain 1 week ago.
Lake level up more than 15 cm from last data collection

Rained last night very windy today

Heavy rain during the night

Strong winds during the week
Sampling conditions:
Slight breeze from NNE
ripple on water
snow falling
Ice starting to form around edges of lake, lake water level very low over last 2 seasons
Bottom depth 4.1 m
Chlorine 0 ppm
pH 7.5
Alkalinity 40 ppm
Hardness 100 ppm

Cooling days, nights slightly below freezing.
All the Eurasian watermilfoil had disapeared from the lake's surface.

Plastic waste in water

Breeze from S
Ripple with slight whitecaps
Bottom depth 4.1 m
Chlorine 0 ppm
pH 7.5
Hardness 100 ppm
Conductivity 188 uS

Strong gusty west winds

Slight breeze SWW
Ripple on water
Bottom depth 4.1 m
Chlorine 0 ppm
pH 7.5
Orthophosphate 0.02 mg/L
Cyanobacteria particles in water column

The dock that I monitor from was closed so I monitored from a dock approximately 80 feet away but in the same lake. Should I have change the coordinates or not? Not too sure.

Short snow flurry while measuring temp. Unusally warm mid week. Extrrmely windy gusts of 40 km/hr
Took measurements a few hundred metres away from my usual spot - all the available boats were put away for the season.

3 inches of now yesterday
Neighbouring Choutla lake is half frozen

The sun is peaking through the clouds
The lake is quiet. No people. Only the Stellar Jay.

Windy days
Cyanobacteria particles in water column
Sediment testing:
Phosphate available (as P) 4.3 mg/kg
Nitrate+Nitrite (as N) <2.5 mg/kg
Nitrate (as N) < 1 mg/kg

Calm, some wildfire smoke in the air
3.90 m depth
0 mg/L Chlorine
7.8 pH
80 mg/L Alkalinity
50 mg/L Hardness

Weather was windy
I saw froth on the lake signifying a high presence of organic compounds in the water.

Starting to get frost
Low water level

The lake water is clear as opposed to a couple weeks when there was green algae.

Lovely, but unusually temperate weather for this date.
I used both litmus paper and the pH meter provided by the program this time, and the meter was way wrong -- it kept wanting to register >10!
I'm thinking that for the purposes of this program this meter is unnecessarily sophisticated. Litmus paper provides fairly accurate information with no fuss. If calibration is wanted, distilled water, household ammonia and vinegar could be used to test the reliability of the paper. Do we really need to know the precise value to the fraction?
I find that this meter is difficult to calibrate and erratic to read. I bought a little box from the garden store with ~100 little slips that are easy to tear off and dip, and then compare to a colour chart.

Windy again today. Very cold last few days / nights.
Very quiet day. Didn't notice any birds or wildlife or insects.

windstill

Freezing over night

Significant rainfall - 200+mm this week?

Freezin most nights last week with thin ice forming in the shallow shelterd bay but melting during the day.
Lake level has dropped to pre winter low levels due to dam adjustments on Canning Lake. This means I can't measure the temp off the dock at 0.75m anymore. I can only measure temp at the surface and 50cm below the surface.

20mm of rain over the last 2 days

Dog feces on the dock. !
Just a note: just above Box Lake was loghed in early 80s. Silt that washed into the lake killed it. The lake was restocked.

Lac Vert
Erosion from human activity. This dock area is where trucks and cars pull boats in and out of the lake.

It snowed 35cm over the last 2 days super chilling the lake surface and forming 1cm of slush ice over 70% of the lake . I'm measuring off the dock so no safety hazard. The temperature at the surface was taken with the entire thermometer submerged so the bottom of the thermometer roughly 10cmbelow the surface.
Without wind the entire lake will probably be frozen by next weekend ...we'll

The last partially froze Saturday then wind broke the center lake ice up. it was -15C overnight and the lake is completely frozen and now snow covered so solid until spring.
this is my last 2024 recording. back again at ice out 2025

Conductivity 155
Dissolved oxygen 8
Chlorine 0
Hardness 0