• A beautiful view of Rainy River looking east from near Baudette, MN

    International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board Water Levels Committee Announces Initial Spring Regulation Plan for Rainy and Namakan Lakes

  • A beautiful view of Rainy River looking east from near Baudette, MN

    International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board Water Levels Committee Announces Initial Spring Regulation Plan for Rainy and Namakan Lakes

  • Upper Sault Access - Rainy River Koochiching co. MN

    Summary for the August 2023 Public Meetings

    The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (IRLWWB) hosted two public meetings: one in Baudette, MN on August 16, 2023 at the Lake of the Woods County Historical Society Museum and the second in Kenora, ON at the Seven Generations Education Institute on August 17, 2023.

  • Upper Sault Access - Rainy River Koochiching co. MN

    Summary for the August 2023 Public Meetings

    The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (IRLWWB) hosted two public meetings: one in Baudette, MN on August 16, 2023 at the Lake of the Woods County Historical Society Museum and the second in Kenora, ON at the Seven Generations Education Institute on August 17, 2023.

  • Photo of Upper Sault Access, Rainy River, Minnesota

    Roles and Responsibilities in the Basin

    Learn more about key roles and responsibilities for the binational management of water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed.

International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board

The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (the Board) was created in January 2013, from an amalgamation of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board, with added water quality responsibilities for the broader Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed. The Board was formed to assist with binational coordination of water quality efforts for the entire transboundary watershed and to ensure compliance with the Commission’s Order on the regulation of water levels on Rainy Lake and the Namakan Reservoir.
 

About the Board

Roles and responsibilities in the basin

Water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed are managed binationally by multiple entities in the US and Canada.

High water forecast information

Latest flood forecasts and guidance, updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:

 Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Floods page

 U.S. National Weather Service Rainy River Basin page