Canada 
In numbers.
0.65m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
1,441m
Elevation
The water at Swiftcurrent Falls, month by month
It roars from May to June.
The fullest months: from May to June, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from November to March. Below −4 °C on average (from November to March): the falls can partly freeze.
- 0.1 m³/sJan
- 0.1 m³/sFeb
- 0.5 m³/sMar
- 1.2 m³/sApr
- 2.0 m³/sMay
- 2.1 m³/sJun
- 1.5 m³/sJul
- 0.9 m³/sAug
- 0.7 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.5 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.08 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall
Swiftcurrent Falls is a waterfall in Canada. It lies within Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Getting there.
- Williams Lake Airport (YWL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 212 km in a straight lineCar hire at YWL airport (Williams Lake)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 580 m in 2.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -7 | -6 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 5 | -3 | -8 |
| Night °C | -15 | -16 | -12 | -6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | -4 | -11 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 48 | 38 | 55 | 50 | 61 | 91 | 89 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 39 |
| Wet days | 14 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 48 | 59 | 61 | 48 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 37 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (1,441 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 212% | 170% | 115% | 82% | 122% | 139% | 150% | 88% | 82% | 144% | 121% | 106% |
| 2021 | 117% | 156% | 83% | 77% | 125% | 62% | 43% | 137% | 104% | 99% | 154% | 143% |
| 2022 | 133% | 161% | 101% | 80% | 85% | 145% | 56% | 116% | 66% | 61% | 86% | 104% |
| 2023 | 82% | 163% | 46% | 79% | 138% | 135% | 81% | 109% | 85% | 55% | 67% | 101% |
| 2024 | 115% | 175% | 93% | 127% | 118% | 93% | 52% | 117% | 124% | 148% | 96% | 117% |
| 2025 | 86% | 72% | 136% | 92% | 121% | 93% | 125% | 177% | 90% | 100% | 84% | 222% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Swiftcurrent Falls
Canada
- —Height
- 0.65 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q37962) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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