Location

Helliwell Lake Bridge (RR 250)

Helliwell Lake

Helliwell Lake in Alberta

Dataset summary

Helliwell Lake Bridge (RR 250) has data for current_weather_description, chlorine, oxygen, ph, hardness, previous_weather, current_weather, water_depth, water_temperature, air_temperature, conductivity, alkalinity, secchi_depth, and previous_weather_description from 6 October 2023 to 6 November 2025.

Observations

  • 16 May 2025

    Petra Rowell

    American Coot, Red-winged Blackbird, Mallard, Canada Goose, swallows, Northern Shoveller, White-throated Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, Rock Doves, frogs, grebes, Common Goldeneye and 3 people in a sailboat.

  • 23 April 2025

    Petra Rowell

    muskrat, Common Loon, Canada Goose, lots of frogs singing

  • 1 August 2024

    Petra Rowell

    Lots of duckweed. Beaver dam under the bridge impeding flow. Damselflies, Red-winged Blackbirds, grebes.

  • 4 July 2024

    Petra Rowell

    natural debris and floating dark green algal mats on surface, reddish brown algae mats below surface, flow very gentle; water level average, water color brown, clear to cloudy in some places, no odour, pond weed growing up from bottom, heard a loon, saw Black Terns, Red-headed and Yellow Blackbirds, Lesser Scaup, hundreds of blue damselflies

  • 14 June 2024

    Petra Rowell

    Red-winged Blackbirds, Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, mats of algae on the surface but water fairly clear, lake level high

  • 1 June 2024

    Petra Rowell

    fewer birds then expected, mostly red-winged blackbirds

  • 6 October 2023

    Petra Rowell

    Lots of waterfowl including ducks and a cormorant.

Location description
Helliwell Lake is the headwaters of the Tawatinaw River. Testing done off the northwest corner of the bridge.