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Environment Canada Environnement Canada Fisheries Service des peches and Marine Service et des sciences de la mer Preliminary Catalogue of Salmon Streams and Spawning Escapements of Statistical Area 11 (Seymour - Belize Inlets) D.E. Marshal l R.F. Brown V. D. Chah ley D.G. Demontier Pac/D-77-5 Pacific Region Environment Canada Environnement Canada Fisheries Service des peches and Marine Service et des sciences de la mer Preliminary Catalogue of Salmon Streams and Spawning Escapements of Statistical Area 11 (Seymour Belize Inlets) D.E. Marshal l R.F. Brown V. D. Chahley D.G. Demontier Pac/D-77-5 Pacific Region STATISTICAL AREAS FISHERIES & MARINE SERVICE PACIFIC REGION 1110149"1"1" IIIIIIMI ' , ' I •1 ii CONTENTS Statistical Areas ii Conservation Districts iv Management Branches Salmon Spawning Streams vi Escapement Record for Statistical Area 11 vii Standards Used on Description Page viii Map References xi STREAM DATA BAMFORD CREEK, LEE CREEK & WHELAKIS CREEK 1 CHIEF NOLLIS CREEK 5 DRIFTWOOD CREEK 9 EVA CREEK 13 JAP CREEK 17 LASSITER BAY CREEK & ROWLEY BAY CREEK 21 PACK LAKE CREEK 25 QUASHELLA CREEK 29 RAINBOW CREEK 33 SCHWARTZENBERG LAGOON CREEK 37 SEYMOUR RIVER 41 TAALTZ CREEK 45 WAAMTX CREEK 49 WARNER BAY CREEK 53 WAUMP CREEK & ALISON RIVER 57 WAWATLE BAY CREEK 61 WODEFORD CREEK 65 METRIC EQUIVALENTS, WATER QUANTITIES AND FLOW MEASUREMENTS 70 ' l I CONSERVATION DISTRICTS / /FISHERIES AND MARINE SERVICE / I' / I PACIFIC REGION 1 I i 1 I ) , ) 1 — _ - r • ■•••• I 1, BRITISH COLUMBIA C. D. 10 „•'>S‘,•Li 3S ' 4't (”- ti= Cope Ih,e ,on C D. ■■•■•••■ Shmal ( ■ c•• ••. iv MANAGEMENT BRANCHES FISHERIES & MARINE SERVICE PACIFIC REGION C'e NORTHERN B.C. & YUKON BRANCH R.. PRINCE oco . 1 • • ". I • NORTH & CENTRAL' COAST BRANCH • JOHNSTONE STR. - ER GEORGIA STR. BRANCH .—.—.—.—.— FRASER RIVER - • RIA WEST COAST BRANCH V SALMON SPAWNING STREAMS STATISTICAL AREA 11 0 9 miles N A 1. Bamford Cr., Lee Cr., Whelakis Cr. 10. Schwartzenberg Lagoon Creek 2. Chief Nollis Creek 11. Seymour River 3. Driftwood Creek 12. Taaltz Creek 4. Eva Creek 13. Waamtx Creek 5. Jap Creek 14. Warner Bay Creek 6. Lassiter Bay Cr. & Rowley Bay Cr. 15. Waump Creek & Alison River 7. Pack Lake Creek 16. Wawatle Bay Creek 8. Quashella Creek 17. Wodeford Creek 9. Rainbow Creek vi ES CAPE:1ENT RECORD FOR STATISTICAL AREA 11 YEAR SOCKEYE CHINOOK COHO CHUM PINK STEELHE AD 1947 48 2850 16750 49 1600 3900 50 7500 32500 51 11450 41900 52 8702 68500 53 13975 36975 54 25225 46850 55 20750 28575 56 16925 39575 57 11150 37150 58 15325 46325 59 5075 27850 60 2375 7575 61 3400 19225 25 62 5300 12550 63 5050 15100 6 14 8775 27500 65 11775 12200 66 6600 27450 67 5400 53875 68 5900 35275 25 69 2425 26275 25 70 25 9125 41600 200 71 . 5050 19725 25 72 1215 18470 73 2800 60540 74 3545 50450 75 1390 17500 76 50 1730 .10570 3 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 Time Arr. Start Peak End REMARKS vii STANDARDS USED ON STREAM DATA PAGE Name of Stream: Name as given in Gazetteer of Canada, British Columbia edition; local names are added in lower case type. Conservation District: As defined by the Conservation and Prot- ection Service (April 1965). Statistical Area: As defined by Department of Fisheries Statist- ical Map (June 1957). Location and Position: Defined by quadrant indexing. Each geo- graphical quadrilateral of the earth's surface of 1 degree in extent in latitude and longitude is divided into the SE, SW, NE and NW quarters. The south-east corner of each quadrilateral gives the initial point for the figure of reference (Gazetteer of Canada). 124 ° 123 ° 122 ° 54 ° 54 ° EXAMPLE "X" X 53 ° 122 ° NW NW I NE I SW I SE 53 ° 53 ° 124 ° 123 ° 122 ° Length: The portion of the stream utilized by spawning salmon. Width: Average width, estimated to the nearest foot for the described length. Drainage: Area in square miles of the entire drainage basin feeding the stream. Composition: Bedrock bedrock Boulder >256 mm (>10") Coarse 50.9 - 256 mm (2 - 10") Fine 3.37 - 50.8 mm (1/8 - 2") Sand & Silt <3.37 mm Unclassified where bottom cannot be observed, e.g. log jam, pools, water colour, etc. Gradient: Average vertical drop per thousand linear feet. Wetted Area: Number of square yards of stream bed under water at average flows within the described length. viii Spawning Area: Estimated square yardage of stream bed suitable for salmon spawning within the described length. Discharge: Mean annual discharge. Maximum and minimum values are either daily means or instantaneous discharges. The latter are identified by (Inst.). Discharge data is taken from "Historical Stream Flow Summary", British Columbia, Water Survey of Canada. Temperature: As described. Barriers and Points of Difficult Ascent: Complete and partial barriers to salmon and their distance from the stream mouth. Species likely to be affected may be listed. Both natural and man-made obstructions are defined. Spawning Distribution: Distribution is indicated by brief comments opposite the species. Fisheries Potential of Inaccessible Portion of Stream General Remarks: Emphasizes features of stream and spawning popu- lations. Also includes industrial activity, routes of accessibility, etc. The comments with dates following them are taken from "Annual Reports of Salmon Stream & Spawning Grounds" (B.C. 16's). Escapement Record: The escapement represents the mid point of the coded range of escapement for each species. For example: 5000-10000 would be entered as 7500. Where absolute numbers are provided by Fisheries Personnel, these numbers are entered. N/O means no fish were observed; UNK means some fish were seen but no estimates were made. The timing is in reference to migration and spawning: Arr. - arrival in stream E - early (first 10 days of month) M - middle (middle 10 days of month) L - late (last 10 days of month) Distance references are from mouth of stream, unless otherwise stated. X MAP REFERENCES Roads: Boundary, International _ Streams -6- more than 2 lanes ...s..„..c?___, Dam hard surface, all weather Province "..2 Lall ::1.0nM.M Highways Log Jams %3 hard surface, all weather County or District _ _ 2 lanes Waal or more Roads Log loose surface, all weather Township or Parish_ _ all weather dry_ weather less than 2 &VW City or Town - _ Trails Power Line r-r-r--1 Cart Track, Trail __ Cart Track Trail Reservation, Indian, Military, Houses 'f./` Coho CO Railu ays: Power Transmission Line _ _ Railroad iift I ill Chum CM normal gauge, multiple track_ — Telephone or Telegraph, trunk Falls Pink p normal gauge, single track.,.S.gt 7.,_u _. Horizontal Control Point Rapids .:1: - Chinook C K abandoned, or under construction Boundary Marker 0 BM Rip-Rap A Sockeye 5 narrow gauge. single track Bench Mark ' 3025' Bridges r- Bridge, underpass or overpass . Spot Elevation, (in feet) • 4582 Tunnel _ _ - Mine or Pit _ House, Building • a. Lighthouse Campsite School Wharf or Pier Provincial Park less than 40 Acres 4 Post Office Church P• Foreshore Flats Settlement with conspicuous Tower or Spire t Swamp or Marsh_ School 5. Hospital H• Post Office Lake or Pond, intermittent Mine Tower, Radio Mast, Lookout, etc. o Glacier or Snowfield Historic Monument Cemetery Cevn Stream, intermittent, indefinite _ • • • Forest Service Lookout Surveyed land in flooded areas Quay Irrigation Canals, Ditches 417,1, Micro Wave Relay Station MW. Sand or Gravel Pit Inundated Land, seasonal Cliff _ Contours, elevation Cutting depression ••••••••.---•••—• Embankment approximate — moo. — Dry River Bed Forest, unclassified Stream Cours d'eau Town Ville ❑ intermittent or dry.. intermittent ou i sec . Village or Settlement Village ou hameau 0 Intermittent lake . Lac intermittent Post Office It F Bureau de poste P Rapids; falls Rapides; chute Church Eglise Marsh or Swamp. Marais ou marecage - School. Ecole Lighthouse Phare Boundary monument Borne-fronbere 0 Horizontal control point Point g4odesique . L Airport Aeroport 0 Landing ground.... Piste d'atterrissage. Seaplane base Base d'hydravions (1) Seaplane anchorage Amarrage d'hydravions xi STREAM DATA STATISTICAL AREA 11 • •pon Pt. Howard pe Bluff Hibbard Pt. P111.°2 Harper L. mra a11 Southgate 662 16 : 1(113 • Group Arm Westcott Pt. Shelter B a Wentworth Wallanah.• 11969 Ric. Buckle 45, TL 10630 Stroup • A q.; Roberts° I, Jeannette. 4.,.• OA 18.0 •••/ -:* Stua Olson I \ • Pt. Bed \ X° ....._... n9.0 A...., ,„. Redferff• ''4f 12 RicharckNik *el Brovming° . • . o' I- McLeod its. t ls.11% 4, ohgestal N o Staples A V.IP Barry ts ^00 fLotA • •"/ I °••,∎• ■ gee \ Cardigan ....S••• \ ps. El L.4. ..• •,... • te:.° QV Ian • Race 1.c• 'I.'', 1396 Scagett ••••,,,.. • '491 PL . Castle . ......, Cyiuk077 Taylor Pt. •■ Boyle 0 • I. Howcraft Pt ckso Siku? • enneth Ba °Ian N bl Percy 1. I Duncan • - "`Prit( e oo, Gordon-ay...b • Lewis .Rks. • Pt..YI's lag • Vincent Ica312.0 kre933 Card Pt Phyl CS\ i• 2 NAME OF STREAM (Bamford Cr., Lee Cr. & Whelakis Cr.) CONSERVATION DISTRICT 5 STATISTICAL AREA 11 LOCATION OF MOUTH see remarks POSITION see remarks LENGTH MI. WIDTH FT. DRAINAGE SQ. MI. COMPOSITION: BEDROCK BOULDER COARSE FINE SILT & SAND UNCLASSIFIED • %.41VAL1L11 1 . FALL IN FT/000 0.0 - 2.5 2.5 - 5.0 5.0 - 7.5 7.5 - 10.0 > 10.0 WETTED AREA SQ. YD. SPAWNING AREA SQ. YD. DISCHARGE CFS MAX MIN TEMPERATURE BARRIERS OR POINTS OF DIFFICULT ASCENT - Passable log jams throughout all creeks. 11975) SPAWNING DISTRIBUTION: SPECIES SECTION OF STREAM USED SOCKEYE CHINOOK COHO CHUM PINK (ODD YR) PINK (EVEN YR) STEELHEAD POTENTIAL OF INACCESSIBLE PORTION OF STREAM GENERAL REMARKS: - Escapements for Bamford, Lee & Whelakis Creeks are combined. - Bamford Cr.