Bob Lake Spil l i ma chee n Ri Columbia River # 116°0'0"W Bittern Lake Gavia Lakes Mitten Lake Nine Bay Lake ver Wedgwood Lake Magog, Lake Coney Lake Jubilee Mtn # Eileen, Lake Long Lake MOUNT ASSINIBOINE PARK Kootenay Pond Assiniboine Lake Lunette Lake Diana Lake Moose Lake Serpent Lake Goldie Creek Elevation Profile 2,400 N ea 2,000 1,600 Barbour Lake 1,400 1,200 1,000 To 12,000 10,000 Mt Norman Jade Lake Cartwright Lake Botts Lake 50°50'0"N Co l Twin Lakes Big Fish Lake Mt Ethelbert # Climax Lake Horeb Mtn # Brenta Spire # #Cobalt Wallace Peak Cobalt Lake Lake Spire a Ri ve 50°40'0"N Lookout Point # Baptiste LakeMt Berland Lead Queen Mtn # # Olive, Lake Steamboat Mtn 0 t er C re Paddy Ryan Lakes ek n Su Mt Sinclair h t Cre e k ABEL ABEL COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WATERSHED WATERSHED l Go di e Mt Taynton r Cr Sa lte # Ta y n t nC ee k B r ady C TAYNTON COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WATERSHED WATERSHED r ee TAYNTON k 1 0 1 re ek 2 Kilometers ay # li g k Cobb Lake Ri ve # r Quintet Peaks Dogsleg Lake ScotchLake Peaks Whirlpool Lake Thunderwater # # Mt Griffith #Harlech Peak # Mt Harmon Glamorgan # PeakDonegal Peak # Mt Galloway # # Peak #Connemara Carmarthen Peak # Black Fang# Antrim Peak Mt Scarlett O'Hara # # Peak# # North Star # Welsh Peaks # # # # Koala#Peak # Gwendoline MtnParker Peak #Serrate Mtn ## Galway Peak # 50°40'0"N Radium Hot Springs b Northcote Lake A watershed is an area of land in which all rain, melted snow and ice, and small tributaries drain into a common body of water such as a creek, river or lake. DRY GULCH PARK Mt Forster # Horsethief Creek Enid, LakeWilmer Lake Invermere LongEileen, Lake Lake Mt Stockdale # # Megenagan Mtn Mt Dorothy # # Mt Farnham Mt Hammond # Mt McCoubrey # # Mt Macduff # # Hanging#Glacier, Lake of the The Cleaver The LieutenantsThe Guardsmen # # # # Mt Tegart Mt Aeneas COMMERCIAL # CONSERVATION # Mt Goldie WINDEMERE LAKE PARK MacCarthy Lakes # # FIRE AGRICULTURE # POWER WATERWORKS Mt Brewer Monument Peak 50°20'0"N # # Althalmer Well Supply " Mt Lady Macbeth Bastille Mtn Transportation Rail # Mt Earl Grey Blockhead Mtn Pharaoh Peaks Coppercrown Mtn Rivers # # 50°20'0"N Community Watershed Columbia Lake Whitetail Lake Hyak Mtn Mt St. Maur # Pert Peak Duncan Lake PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY PARK Mt Toby # Mt Katherine #Mt Christine #Griswold # Peak Domestic Watershed Glaciers COLUMBIA LAKE ECOLOGICAL RESERVE Aquifers MOUNT SABINE ECOLOGICAL RESERVEMt Sabine Sun Lake # # # Lakes BC Parks and protected areas 50°10'0"N THUNDER HILL PARK Barn Mtn # y la Fin Eagle Nest Lake Bonny Gem, Lake Cranbrook Paved Roads # # Nelson Gravel Roads Mt Abel # Invermere Mountain Peaks # COLUMBIA LAKE PARK # Other Communities b # # Golden Communities Fairmont Mtn Redtop Mtn Columbia River Watershed is within the Columbia Basin in southeastern BC DOMESTIC Indian Head Mtn Mt Macbeth # Water Licences # # Mt Simpson Legend Black Diamond Mtn Jumbo Mtn Karnak Mtn # Mt # Banquo # Mt Fleance Dorothy Lake # Shamrock Lake Mt Maye Mt Monica Watch Peak Red Line Peak # Granite Peak b Mt Taynton # Mt Peter # Sultana Peak #Mt Delphine Mt Catherine # Spearhead Peak # # # 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. Columbia River Watershed contains all the land, rivers and streams that drain into the Columbia River. # # # Mt Nelson # Birthday PeakEyebrow Peak Mt Bryan Swansea Mtn # # 50°30'0"N 50°30'0"N Paddy Ryan Lakes Windermere Lake Mt Slade Mt Atlung # # Mt Law # # Lillian Lake Barbour Lake Mt Bruce Mt Johnston Tricorn Peaks 50°10'0"N 2,000 ten # eu ¹ KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK 4,000 o Ko # Bugaboo Spire # #Eastpost Spire Snowpatch Spire # Frenchman Mtn Howser # Spire # # Marmolata Mtn # # Peak Flattop # # Howser Peak bi 6,000 Windermere Lake e l Cr eek by C ree k o # # um r Whary Lake Halfway Lake Leadqueen Lake Steamboat Lake Hall Lakes Upper Halgrave Lake Lower Halgrave Lake Templeton Lake Mt Kelvin Dog Lake # 8,000 Dorothy Lake Cr ee Lang Lake Cleland Lake Topaz Lake Cub Lake b Kr Elevation change in meters BUGABOO PARK Invermere ve 1,800 Jordan Lake " " " Cr Lillian Lake ee k 2,200 50°50'0"N " " Ab Funded by Columbia Basin Trust National Parks Columbia River Watershed ek Cre www.wildsight.ca Know Your Watershed is developed and delivered in co-operation with Wildsight education team PURCELL WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY CORRIDOR PROTECTED NAD 1983 Albers 1:120,000 Kootenay Lake 116°0'0"W 0 5 10 Kilometers 15 Map developed by Cris Gray Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre 31 July 2010