Gauge Description:

Visual at Hwy 41 bridge in L'Anse.

There was a metal plate gauge on the cement bridge foundation (river right) but it has largely deteriorated. There has been some meager attempt to paint a boater's gauge here as well. However, generally, if there appears enough water to get through the ledges visible upstream of and under the bridge, the run will be fine.

*Referenced gauge is for the Silver, about 8 miles to the NorthEast. Drainage area at that gauge is 64 square miles. Drainage area for the Falls at Hwy.41 (the site of the old gauge) is 48 square miles. Therefore, flow in the Falls might be expected to be approximately 3/4 that of the Silver.

Correlation is not assured, but often the Falls is runnable when the Silver is, particularly when things are on the way up. The Falls is likely to lose its water (and therefore runnability) before the Silver, so this gauge is likely to give false 'positives' when things are on the way back down.

Boaters are encouraged to provide additional input and 'datapoints' to fine tune the correlation.