Coumbia River at Birchbank [BC] (08NE049)
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N 49° 10.670 W 117° 43.066
11U E 447687 N 5447472
We actually only found this gauge while searching for benchmarks.
Waymark Code: WMFCQD
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/29/2012
Views: 5
The tower to the West of the gauge house has a concrete block west of it, anchoring its quide cables. This is where the benchmark we were looking for is located.
This gauge house has been in continuous operation since 1937, though I doubt it used telemetry and a UHF transmitter at that time. On the side of the gauge house is a scale, reading from 32 to 54 feet (limited use of metric back then). Hopefully, the river never got THAT high! From the river and running up the bank about 30 feet horizontally is an old disused gauge made of a board with vertical gauges every 3 feet or so.
Just in case you're in the area and looking for a campground, there's one right across the road from this station. Just turn east off the Trail Castlegar highway at the coordinates below and follow the road.
RIVER GAUGE INFORMATION:
Station Information
Station Designation: 08NE049
Active or discontinued: Active
Province/Territory: BC
Latitude: 49° 10' 40'' N
Longitude: 117° 42' 59'' W
Gross drainage area: 87400 km2
Regulation type: Regulated
Record length: 76 Years
Period of record: 1937 - 2012
Real-time data available: Yes
Sediment data available: Yes
Type of water body: River
RHBN: No
EC Regional Office: VANCOUVER
Data Collection History
Period Type Operation sched. Gauge
1937 - 2010 Flow Continuous Recorder
2011 - 2012 Flow & Level Continuous Recorder
ANY ADDITIONAL WAYPOINT: N 49° 10.858 W 117° 43.315
WEB LINK FOR RIVER GAUGE: [Web Link]
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