Mackenzie River (Fort Simpson reach)

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

• Closure check

  Cannot tell

  The closure scan has not been read yet.

  Missing: The live read

• Weather and water exposure

  Cannot tell

  The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

  Missing: The live read

• Daylight and return

  Cannot tell

  This water has no location to reckon daylight from.

  Missing: The water's location

  How this works on the water

• Access for a shore trip

  Fits with checks

  Named sites are launches; bank access around them is not described.

  Fort Simpson public boat launch

• Checks on the day

  Fits with checks

  4 checks have to be done on the day.

  Confirm current in-season variation orders on the official regulations page. · Confirm the intended launch, wharf, or shore access is open on the date of travel. · Look up this exact water on the current agency regulation page before harvest. · Same-day agency check required; in-season orders can change.

• Access certainty

  Fits

  1 named public site on the official page.

  Fort Simpson public boat launch

• Current official data

  Fits

  No official gauge is bound; flow and level are unknown here, not normal.

  Missing: A gauge on this water

  How this works on the water

• Regulations

  Fits

  No special rules are noted on the record. Read the standard rules on the agency's page on the day; Waterways does not read them.

• Documented hazards

  Fits

  No standing hazard is documented beyond wind and tide.

• Logistics

  Fits

  No logistics limits are recorded.

Record this check to see what changes next time.