Submitted by Lake Ambassadors
Average Water Temperature: 23.0 °C
Average Water Depth: 4.9 m
Average Turbidity: 2.05 NTU. Turbidity (cloudiness) usually ranges from 0 to 10 NTU but can get into the hundreds in times of high flow, flooding etc.
Average Dissolved Oxygen: 9.0 mg/L. Levels of dissolved oxygen between 4 and 15 mg/L are generally needed for fish to thrive.
Average pH: 8.14
The water levels had been holding steady that last few weeks, but now they have started to drop! It was a spectacular day to be out on the lake: clear skies, mild temperatures and water like glass.
We have started looking for at-risk bank swallows in Windermere Lake Provincial Park and were excited to see a couple of nesting in the steep banks. They’ve had a 98 per cent population decline in the last 40 years, so we must protect this critical habitat.
This week we were joined in the boat by wonderful citizen scientist volunteer Nancy Trigg, who has been around the Valley for years but has just permanently moved here from Montreal. If you’d like to be next, please contact Alyssa at (250) 341-6898 or [email protected]
The Lake Windermere Ambassadors would like to thank the Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Valley Community Foundation, Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund, Real Estate Foundation, BC Gaming Grants, District of Invermere, Regional District of East Kootenay and community donors for supporting our 2021 programming.
