115°0'0"W k u r Cr ee lp h re ek E Mt Fernie 0 1,000 2,000 Elevation change in meters 3,000 4,000 5,000 2 Mt Peck Munroe Lake 50°10'0"N Whiteswan Lake WHITESWAN LAKE PARK ek Mt Hadiken Elkford # b 49°50'0"N Elk River Watershed contains all the land, rivers and streams that drain into the Elk River. Mt Herchmer # # Mt VanBuskirk # Mt Roth Mt Terrion # 50°0'0"N 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. Moose Lake Grave Harriet Lake Lake # Elk River Watershed is within the Columbia Basin in southeastern BC Mt Frayn # Mt Gydosic TOP OF THE WORLD PARK Fish Lake Sparkle Lake # 49°40'0"N Mt Washburn # Lazy Lake Golden Rive r Ruault Lake Summer Lake Sparwood Mt Kuleski b lu Co ive er Riv Bu ll r ive Wild H ia R mb CROWSNEST PARK Phillipps Summit Lake Lake r o rse # Elk R 49°50'0"N 3 Kilometers 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. # 50°0'0"N re C 1 Lizar d Cr eek e ry 0 Br e w # 50°10'0"N b C o al C r e e k Island Lake Mt Hornickel RAM CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE er Fernie M utz Cree k 6,000 Mt Forsyth Ptarmigan Lake iv lk R # 50°20'0"N # 50°20'0"N re e k 1,400 Mt Ingram Connor Lakes # k on C 1,200 # k t Ir as 1,600 O'Neil Peak re e E 1,800 HEIGHT OF THE ROCKIES PARK ee Cr Fairy Creek Elevation Profile 2,000 # Mt Minton # y Fa iry C 2,200 Mt MarconiWolverine Lake # FAIRY FAIRY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WATERSHED WATERSHED 2,400 # C r # ey Cr e ek # Mt LancasterMt Connor Mt Procter ek ld Mt Abruzzi tle Abruzzi Lake ar ## 50°30'0"N H Mt SwiderskiMt Cadorna re Ba an ELK LAKES PARK Ir Creek Be Cadorna Lake # C # D o ck Three Sisters on # Mt Joffre Mt McCuaig # # # Mt Nivelle Mt Castelnau k Mt Aosta # ee Mt Petain Lower Lake Upper Elk Elk Lake a Cr Mt Marlborough # ¹ # # livi O Mt FochMt Fox 114°0'0"W Su Funded by Columbia Basin Trust Elk River Saugum Lake Legend Fernie Cranbrook Nelson Water Licences COMMERCIAL CONSERVATION DOMESTIC ELK VALLEY PARK FIRE Mt Hosmer 49°40'0"N AGRICULTURE # Nicol Lake Hartley Lake Cliff Lake POWER WATERWORKS Three Sisters # Mt Procter # # NORBURY LAKE PARK Norbury Lakes b Fernie Mt Fernie Rail Gravel Roads Paved Roads Barnes Lake Rivers Community Watershed Murray Lake Bronze Lake Bednorski Lake Lund Lake EdithHaha LakeLake WARDNER PARK Glaciers Lakes Sand Lake Tie Lake Aquifers MORRISSEY PARK Rosen Lake BC Parks and protected areas National Parks # Packhorse Peak # Tombstone Mtn Lodgepole Lake Harvey Lake North Star Lake a Fl # Ri Font Mtn ve r Sunkist Mtn # Flanders Mtn # Langemarck Mtn Beryl Marl Lake Lake Kenow Mtn # # Miskwasini Peak Cherry Lake Procter Lake Loon Lake Teds Lake Mt Hefty Frozen Lake GILNOCKIE PARK Shotnana Lake 115°0'0"W 0 # 10 1:170,000 20 # Know Your Watershed is developed and delivered in co-operation with Wildsight education team Festubert Mtn # # Snowshoe Lake Edwards Lakes Kishinena Peak # Hunger Lake Koocanusa, Lake www.wildsight.ca # # Twin Lake Ranger Lake 49°10'0"N La Culotte Peak d Sheep Mtn Fussee Lake Surveyors Lake KIKOMUN CREEK PARK Baynes Lake 49°10'0"N Scarpe Mtn # ea th Deer Lake Blue Bottom Lake Elk River Watershed # Suzanne Lake ELKO Darling LakePARK Silver Spring Lake Chain Lake Flathead River Watershed Mt Haig Wapiti Lake 49°20'0"N 49°20'0"N Domestic Watershed Douglas Lake 49°30'0"N Other Communities Transportation Island Lake MOUNT FERNIE PARK Alkaline Lake Mountain Peaks Communities # Horseshoe Lake Bock Lake 49°30'0"N Mt Rowe # Thomson Lake Starvation Peak Ashman Lake # Wall Lake Lake Forum Peak King Edward Peak Forum # # AKAMINA-KISHINENA PARK 49°0'0"N Map Produced by Cris Gray Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre 31 July 2010 NAD 1983 Albers Kilometers 30 114°0'0"W