Mt Emmens Hyak Mtn Mt Marion Mt Toby Meadow Mtn # Sun Lake THUNDER HILL PARK # k ee Cr ps eo r ive R y en a ot Ko k r ee er C S melt tton Cr ek od e Ru mb li n g Cre ek ek Cre o ld G r wo 1,350 1,200 1,050 750 lm Sa o Q ua C R e iv r re e 0 1,000 2,000 Elevation change in metres k Hiawatha Lake MOYIE LAKE PARK Monroe Lake Moyie Lake Richmond Lake Communities Elmo Lake Salmo Erie Lake Mt Kelly Kearns Lake # Mt Heinze # b CREEK PARK ERIE # Sisters LakeArkansas Lake Three Panther Lake Nevada MtnMt Waldie # b # Lost Mtn Blizzard Mtn # BEAVER CREEK PARK Rivers Rosebud Lake # STAGLEAP PARK Bridal Lake Rykerts Lake Twin Lakes Boundary Lake 12,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 YAHK PARK WATERWORKS GILNOCKIE PARK US A Cranbrook Community Watershed Domestic Watershed Glaciers Lakes BC Parks and protected areas National Parks Kootenay Lake Meadow Lake www.wildsight.ca Know Your Watershed is developed and delivered in co-operation with Wildsight education team Waldie Lake b Montrose b 11,000 Paved Roads King Lake # Stott Pk Fruitvale COMMERCIAL POWER Creston 10,000 Rail Gravel Roads FIRE RYAN PARK Reno Mtn Devils Hole Lake 9,000 Transportation Mountain Peaks Water Licenses Duck Lake Six Mile Slough Leach Lake 8,000 Nelson # AGRICULTURE Silver Lake 7,000 Other Communities DOMESTIC Castlegar Champion Lakes Cooper Lake Yeko Lake Barrett Lake Porcupine Lake 6,000 b CONSERVATION #Grassy Mtn 5,000 Golden Legend # Grady Lake 4,000 Kootenay Lake Watershed is within the Columbia Basin in southeastern BC Negro Lake KOOTENAY LAKE PARK - MIDGE CREEK SITE Qua Lake Württemberg Lake 3,000 ¹ Horseshoe Lake b New Lake Elizabeth Lake Kiakho Lakes Jim Smith LakePyatts Lake LOCKHART CREEK PARK KIANUKO PARK 600 Mt Elise Lost Lake Marble Lake # Co Cottonwood Lake Siwash Lake # 1,500 DREWRY POINT PARK Langill Lake b 1,650 Pattons Lake White Boar Lake b PARK GROHMAN NARROWS b k Nelson 1,800 WASA LAKE PARK Cottonwood Lake Ta Ta Lake Wasa Lake Sowerby Lake Reade Lake Kootenay Lake Mill Lake Five Mile Creek Elevation Profile 1,950 Sylvan Lake # WEST ARM PARK Lazy Lake St. Mary Lake Hall Lake KOKANEE CREEK PARK Rockslide Lake Johnianne Lake t C re e Elmer Lake Dipper Lake KOOTENAY LAKE PARK - COFFEE CREEK SITE Fraser Lake Noakes Lakes Whitelady LakeHaiseldean Lake McGregor Lake Ross Lake PILOT BAY PARKCrystal Lake e Bartholomew Lake McGinty Lake Kimberley Krao LakeCODY CAVES PARK Loon Lake b Donut Lake C b Balfour Mt Eccles eo u Six Mile Lakes Gi v # ex Saugum Lake Plaid Lake Silvertip Lake Mt Cornfield Se l o u s C r ee k r C r eek Crazy Jane LakeGibson LakeOltedi Lake ## SELOUS COMMUNITY WATERSHED Hahas Lake Porte #Outlook Mtn Ap 900 k Kokanee Lake b Rockbluff Lake The main source of water for the City of Nelson is Five Mile Creek. The Five Mile Creek Watershed is part of the Kootenay Lake Watershed. ee Virgil Mtn Slocan City Hunters Lake Berglien Lake KOKANEE GLACIER PARK Boot Lake Sunset Lake Heather Lake # Wheeler Lake Joker Lakes Boomerang Mtn Kaslo Lake Nalmet Lake Kootenay Lake Watershed contains all the land, rivers and streams that drain into Kootenay Lake. Premier Lake Canuck Lake PREMIER LAKE PARK Lost Dog LakeReed Lakes Cr Fletcher Lake Larsen Lake McNair LakesEchoes Lakes ine Jurak Lake rt yn Bird Lakes Mirror Lake Josephine Lake Fishermaiden Lake Maurier Lake Natanek Lake Fennell # Lakes Cahill Lake # b Fo # Kaslo Flint Lakes b VALHALLA PARK M k Silverton Keer Lake Price LakeBergstrom Lake Totem LakeST. MARY'S ALPINE PARK Huggard Lake re k ee k Idaho Pk k ek RAM CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE FIVE MILE COMMUNITY WATERSHED Tamarack Lake ek Bleak LakeCanning Lake SANDY COMMUNITY WATERSHED Nowitka Lake KOOTENAY LAKE PARK - CAMPBELL BAY SITE Leviathan Lake re e Johnson Lake Larchwood Lake ee # Hoben Lakes # Clute Lake lC C ANDERSON COMMUNITY WATERSHED Nelson Cr Mt Payne # # Mt Denver # ve Copper Lake Cr le Milford Lake For example, the Columbia Basin, or watershed, is the large land base where all the water that falls as precipitation will eventually drain from, through a system of lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs and glaciers, into the Columbia River. This water will eventually flow into the Pacific Ocean. Fi An de ee dy g Ea Bear Lake # ile k el Cr Sa n A watershed is an area of land in which all rain and snow runoff and small tributaries drain into a common body of water such as a creek, river or lake. on Marten Lake Weasel Lakes b ee F PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY PARK KOOTENAY LAKE PARK - LOST LEDGE SITE # New Denver ge Marten Mtn Mt Dolly Varden # Slocan Lake Cr rs KOOTENAY LAKE PARK - DAVIS CREEK SITE # ROSEBERY PARK Bos eC r e ek Bos s ue tC re e k He rm Kootenay Lake 3 Kilometres Whiteswan Lake WHITESWAN LAKE PARK Moose Lake i ta SUTHERLAND COMMUNITY WATERSHED JARVIS COMMUNITY WATERSHED PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY CORRIDOR PROTECTED Bonny Gem, Lake Mt Stubbs Beaver Lake Mt Sabine # FOSTER COMMUNITY WATERSHED 2 Ptarmigan Lake Whitetail LakeCOLUMBIA LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Barn Mtn Eagle Nest Lake Walton Lake Columbia Lake # # # #Griswold # Peak GOAT RANGE PARK # k Mt St. Maur Pert Peak # b BLUNT COMMUNITY WATERSHED SOUTH BLUNT COMMUNITY WATERSHED FOUR MILE COMMUNITY WATERSHED Mt KatherineMt Christine # Meadow Creek ee 1 ek Blue Lake Cr 0 re # e t a l l C re e k aC # # fa c Tu n s sc Cascade Mtn Ba ld La # # e ek # Coppercrown Mtn Mt Abel ile Cr Duncan Lake # Redtop Mtn # # Pharaoh Peaks Blockhead Mtn # k # M Eight Spyglass Mtn COLUMBIA LAKE PARK Bastille Mtn ee Gallo Peak # Peak Mt Keen #Clark Tenderfoot Mtn # # #Fairmont Mtn Cr # # Banquo Mt Macbeth #Mt # # Graymalkin Lake #Mt Simpson an #Howser Ridge m Tenderfoot Lake Superposed Mtn # # Ch # #Mt Bentley Kootenay Lake # ## # ## oh # Funded by Columbia Basin Trust # # Gr # NAD 1983 Albers 1:200,000 0 10 20 Map designed by Kristen Milburn Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre 06 June 2011 Kilometres 30