Water levels on the Peel Channel near Aklavik remain stable at 14.4 metres after ice passed the community the GNWT said in its latest water monitoring bulletin issued Monday.
In a previous update, the GNWT said water levels were rising 0.5 metres a day and could approach levels of previous flood events in Aklavik that happened when water levels were above 15.5 metres.
In its Monday update, the GNWT said satellite imagery from May 24 showed a rubble ice jam eight kilometres down stream from Aklavik where the Peel Channel and Nikoluk Channel meet, and a three kilometre ice jam in the Aklavik Channel before it meets the Peel Channel.
The update said water levels continue to rise in the Middle Channel underneath ice, and there is an 18 kilometre rubble ice jam where the Mackenzie River meets the Mackenzie Islands, also known as the “Turtle.”
The GNWT said there is a 17 kilometre rubble ice jam before the East Channel meets the Mackenzie River and that the water level gauge on the East Channel at Inuvik is experiencing technical issues.
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The GNWT’s update from May 23 had said water levels in the East Channel near Inuvik were rising.
