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Significant Watersheds in the District of Sooke and Surrounding Areas Shawnigan Lake C O W I C H A N V A L L E Y R E G I O N A L D I S T R I C T Significant Watersheds in the District of Sooke Grant Lake and Surrounding Areas North C o w i c h a n V a l l e y Saanich R e g i o n a l D i s t r i c t Sidney OCelniptrahl ant Lake Saanich JdFEA H a r o S t r a Highlands it Saanich View Royal Juan de Fuca Langford Electoral Area Oak Bay Esquimalt Jarvis Colwood Victoria Lake Sooke Weeks Lake Metchosin Juan de Fuca Electoral Area ca SpectaFcu le Lake e d it an ra STUDY Ju St AREA Morton Lake Sooke Lake Butchart Lake Devereux Sooke River Lake (Upper) Council Lake Lubbe Wrigglesworth Lake Lake MacDonald Goldstream Lake r Lake e iv R e k o Bear Creek o S Old Wolf Reservoir Boulder Lake Lake Mavis y w Lake H a G d Ranger Butler Lake o a l n d a s Lake Kapoor Regional N C t - r i a s Forslund Park Reserve e g n W a a a o m r l f C r a T Lake r e R e k C i v r W e e e r a k u g h C r e Mount Finlayson e k Sooke Hills Provincial Park Wilderness Regional Park Reserve G o ld s Jack t re a Lake m Tugwell Lake R iv e r W augh Creek Crabapple Lake Goldstream Provincial Park eek Cr S ugh o Wa o Peden k Sooke Potholes e Lake C R Regional Park h i v a e Sheilds Lake r r t e r k e s re C ne i R ary V k M e i v e r e r V C Sooke Hills Table of Significant Watersheds in the e d i t d c Wilderness Regional h o T Charters River C Park Reserve District of Sooke and Surrounding Areas r e e k Watershed Name Area (ha) Sooke Mountain Sooke River (Upper) 27114.93 Boneyard Provincial Park Lake DeMamiel Creek 3985.29 Veitch Creek 2620.78 er iv Charters River 1977.06 R rs te Juan de Fuca Electoral Area ar Ayum Creek 1423.19 Ch District of Sooke Soo Wildwood Creek 901.40 Juan de Fuca Electoral Area ke R C d ity r o e f L Sooke River (Lower) 777.07 v a i n District of Metchosin Di gf R s o tric rd s t r o Kemp Stream 601.72 f e k M t e et r e ch a r o C s h V in Nott Brook 342.48 DeMamiel n Sooke River C Sea to e o i t t ls Creek c i Sea Green/Blue h B (Lower) Lannon Creek 288.25 M C Belt Lands e Ayum Creek Glinz Lake r t e c Reserve e h Baker Creek 145.92 Veitch Creek k o s i n C Ella Stream 118.61 r e e k S Alderbrook Stream 104.99 o McKenzie o k e Lake Throup Stream 98.31 R i D v is Young e t r ri Gillespie Creek 90.84 Baker Creek ct Lake o Neil Bro D f M ok is e t t Broom Hill Stream 48.39 ric ch t o os a f in uc So Grouse Brook 31.53 F o e a k d re ke e an l A Lannon e u a A r J or C t y Wright Road Creek 27.49 c e k Creek h le u E ok e tc m i Poirier So e e f De r k o M e V t am C re C k Unnamed (Silver Spray) 11.07 ric iel C e Lake C r e t re n r is ek s e Sook D o o C e R e d en h n e k itc n as e a S V C Kemp Stream L ole C S reek o Prepared For: District of Sooke, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area and The Community o ke R Prepared By: CRD Environmental Services, Stormwater, Harbours and Watershed Program d Throup Goodridge Peninsula Major Roads Watershed Boundaries Stream T'Sou-Ke Kemp First Nation Municipal Boundaries Greater Victoria Water Supply Area Lake Alderbrook Gillespie k Stream ee Creek Cr Lakes, Reservoirs, Rivers Major Parks ie Sooke sp Ella lle Gi Intermittent Rivers and Creeks Stream Wetlands Nott Brook Basin e Roche Cove Wildwood k k r d Regional Park e o e R u Creek r Manmade Structures e o o k C o S b o r d S o a o Watershed boundaries from provincial TRIM data (2002) were used and where required the Broom Hill H w d boundaries were modified to correspond with the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area, information l Stream i from CRD Environmental Services and in accordance with the report, Juan de Fuca EA W Prioritization of Significant Watersheds Draining to Sooke Bay, Sooke Inlet, Sooke Harbour, and Sooke Basin, SHIP Environmental Consultants Ltd, December 1999. Wright Road Creek Matheson This map was created in March 2009 Anderson The air photos used were taken in 2007 T'Sou-Ke Cove Lake Linework used on this map comes from various sources. First Nation Matheson Lake Contact CRD Environmental Services for details. M c Regional Park Some of the information contained on this map can be found on the G A Otter Point a n B ry E CRD Natural Areas Atlas, available online at www.crd.bc.ca. t C i e a re a s l r e o n k c n u h I e c s F t e C e e k r d M o e Kilometers o e n f k S a o k u t 0 2.5 5 10 15 20 e J ic re r Grouse C t ke East Sooke s Pi i Brook D Projection: UTM ZONE 10N NAD 83 Regional Park The Capital Regional District does not warrant the accuracy within this map, nor will it accept responsibility for errors or omissions. The CRD reserves Unnamed the right to alter or update the information without notice. Maps should not be used as navigation tools. (Silver Spray) CRD Environmental Services - Mar 25, 2009 - Technologist: SR - Map Document: Sooke_Significant_Watersheds_Mar2009.mxd.
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