Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon 050801
Reading the latest value from Quebec's environment ministry…
Live readings are provisional: the agency publishes them before checking them and can revise them. CanoeMap shows the agency's numbers as published. See this gauge at the agency
Typical flow by month
Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon 050801
Flow is typically highest in May (169 m³/s) and lowest in March (16.0 m³/s).
| Month | Typical flow (m³/s) | Middle half of days |
|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1 | 17.8 – 27.8 |
| February | 17.1 | 14.7 – 19.8 |
| March | 16.0 | 13.9 – 21.0 |
| April | 53.4 | 25.2 – 106 |
| May | 169 | 115 – 234 |
| June | 62.4 | 44.8 – 99.2 |
| July | 51.4 | 36.1 – 73.7 |
| August | 35.5 | 27.0 – 49.5 |
| September | 34.6 | 27.2 – 52.2 |
| October | 46.7 | 33.9 – 74.4 |
| November | 46.3 | 35.4 – 63.6 |
| December | 31.4 | 23.3 – 44.4 |
Flow: median of daily means, 29 complete years from 1996 to 2024.
When does the spring peak come?
Computed from the agency's published daily means: for each year, the highest day between March 1 and July 31.
Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon (050801): over 29 complete years from 1996 to 2024, the highest daily flow between March and July came around May 16 (the median date). In 15 of those 29 years it came between May 10 and May 30. The median peak was 389 m³/s; the highest in the period, 681 m³/s, came on May 28, 2022.
About the gauges
Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon
- Station number
- 050801
- Official name
- Jacques-Cartier - en aval du pont du Chemin Gosford
- Agency
- Quebec's environment ministry
- Municipality
- Shannon
- Drainage area
- 1 997 km²
- Flow regime, as the ministry classes it
- slightly influenced (Peu influencé)
- Federal station number
- 02PC002
Canoe routes on the Jacques-Cartier River
Questions
What is the Jacques-Cartier River water level today?
The reading at the top of this page comes from Quebec's environment ministry each time the page loads, for gauge 050801 (Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon). The table of typical values shows whether the reading is high or low for the season.
When does the Jacques-Cartier River peak in spring?
Below the Chemin Gosford bridge, Shannon (050801): over 29 complete years from 1996 to 2024, the highest daily flow between March and July came around May 16 (the median date). In 15 of those 29 years it came between May 10 and May 30. The median peak was 389 m³/s; the highest in the period, 681 m³/s, came on May 28, 2022.
Live readings: Données Québec, "Stations débit/niveau - Grand public", CC BY 4.0. Typical values: validated historical series from Quebec's environment ministry. CanoeMap computes the typical values and the peak dates from those archives.