DOCSLIB.ORG

Coquitlam River, Which Extends Into the Coast Mountains And, As a Result, Except in Its Lower Few Kilometres, Has a Very Different Climate and Terrain

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Coquitlam River, Which Extends Into the Coast Mountains And, As a Result, Except in Its Lower Few Kilometres, Has a Very Different Climate and Terrain Scientific Excellence • Resource Protection & Conservation • Benefits for Canadians Excellence scientifique • Protection et conservation des ressources • Benefices aux Canadiens Hydrology and Water Use for Salmon Streams i the Fraser Delta Habitat anagement Area, British Columbia Kenneth M. Rood and Roy E. Hamilton Fraser River Action Plan Department of Fisheries and Oceans 555 West Hastings Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5G3 1994 Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences o. 2038 Canada Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2038 1994 HYDROLOGY AND WATER USE FOR SALMON STREAMS IN THE FRASER DELTA HABITAT MANAGEMENT AREA, BRITISH COLUMBIA by Kenneth M. Rood' and Roy E. Hamilton2 Fraser River Action Plan Department of Fisheries & Oceans 555 West Hasting Street 1 Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. #2 - 40 Gostick Place North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 3G2 2 Consultant 1138 Handsworth Road CANADA'S GREEN PLAN North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 2A8 LE PLAN VERT DU CANADA Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1994 Cat. No. Fs 97-4/2038E ISSN 0706-6473 Rood, K.M. and R.E. Hamilton. 1994. Hydrology and water use for salmon streams in the Fraser Delta Habitat Management Area, British Columbia. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2038: 187 p. II TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables. .................................................. .. v List of Figures vi List of Appendices , vi Abstract ..................................................... .. vii Resume viii Foreword ix 1 . INTRODUCTION ............................................ .. 1 1.1 Purpose of the Study 1 1.2 Scope of the Study 1 1.3 Organization of the Report. ............................... .. 8 1.4 Acknowledgements...................................... 8 2. THE FRASER DELTA HABITAT MANAGEMENT AREA 9 2.1 Physiography. ........................................ .. 9 2.2 Surficial Geology 10 2.3 Climate... ......................................... .. 14 2.3.1 Temporal Variation in Climate 16 2.3.2 Global Warming and Climate Change 16 2.4 Streamflow................................... ...... .. 18 2.4.1 Surface Drainage Patterns , 18 2.4.2 Hydrology of the Lowland Streams. ................... .. 19 2.4.3 Hydrology and Surficial Materials ..................... .. 21 2.4.4 Losses to Groundwater from Streamflow 23 2.5 Groundwater Resources 23 2.6 Stream Stability ...................................... .. 25 3. CALCULATING FLOW CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE SALMON STREAMS .... 28 3.1 Reference Point for Flow Characteristics ..................... .. 30 3.2 Period of Record for Calculating Flow Characteristics 30 3.3 Hydrometric Data in the Fraser Delta HMA 31 3.4 Other Sources of Hydrometric Data 31 3.5 Gauged Salmon Streams ................................ .. 33 3.5.1 Water Extractions and Flow Characteristics .............. .. 33 5.2 Storage and Flow Characteristics 37 .5 . 3.6 Gauging Records on the Stream Summary Sheets 38 3.7 Ungauged Salmon Streams .............................. .. 39 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS continued 4. LAND USE 40 4.1 Measurement of Effective Impervious Area (EIA) 40 4.2 The Effect of Urbanization on Hydrology ..................... .. 41 4.2.1 . Urbanization and StreamfloW Quantities 44 4.2.2 Urbanization and Flood Flows 45 4.2.3 Urbanization and Sedimentation ...................... .. 46 4.3 Agricultural Land Use ........... .. 46 4.4 Physiography.......................................... 46 5. WATER LICENSES 47 5.1 Classification of Water Licenses 47 5.1.1 Consumptive Licenses 47 5.1.2 Non-Consumptive Licenses 47 5.2 Licensed Versus Actual Water Use. ........................ .. 49 5.2.1 Domestic, Waterworks and Industrial Licenses 49 5.2.2 Irrigation Licenses 51 5.3 Calculation of Licensed Demand. .......................... .. 52 6. SENSITIVITY INDICES FOR THE SALMON STREAMS ................. .. 54 6.1 Summer Water Demand 55 6.2 Summer and Winter 7 day Low Flows 57 6.3 Peak Flows 58 6.4 Urbanization.......................................... 58 7. DISCUSSION OF THE SALMON STREAMS 60 7.1 Sensitive Streams 60 7.2 Discussion by Stream .................................. .. 62 8. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS 71 8.1 Effects of Development on Hydrology ....................... .. 71 8.2 Technical and Management Recommendations 76 8.2.1 Estimation of Flows and Demands in the Salmon Streams 76 8.2.2 Water Licensing and Water Use , , 77 8.2.3 Groundwater Extractions. .......................... .. 79 8.2 Urbanization.. ..... .. .. 9. REFERENCES. ............................................ .. 82 iv LIST OF TABLES 1. Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA 6 2. Quaternary Deposits in the Fraser Lowland (Armstrong 1984) ........... .. 11 3. Surficial Geology of the Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA ........ .. 14 4. Regional Climate in the Fraser Delta HMA ......................... .. 15 5. Stability of Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA ................. .. 26 6. Definitions of Flow Characteristics .............................. .. 29 7. Hydrology of the Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA ............. .. 34 8. Calculation of Effective Impervious Area (from Dinicola 1990) 42 9. Effective Impervious Area in the Watersheds of the Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA 43 10. Storage in the Salmon Streams of the Fraser Delta HMA 50 11. Sensitivity Indices -- Fraser Delta HMA ........................... .. 56 12. Most Sensitive Streams -- Fraser Delta HMA " 61 v LIST OF FIGURES 1. Fraser River Habitat Management Areas '" ........................ .. 2 2. Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA 3 3. Distribution of Quaternary Deposits in the Fraser Lowland (Armstrong 1984) .. 12 4. Long-Term Precipitation and Temperature Trends at Agassiz ............ .. 18 5. 1971 and 1972 Hydrographs: Anderson Creek and Mahood Creek 21 6. WSC Gauging Stations on the Salmon Streams in the Fraser Delta HMA 32 7. Calculation of Natural and "Naturalized" Flows for the Salmon Streams 36 8. Classification of British Columbia Water Licences. ................... .. 48 LIST OF APPENDICES A. Regional Hydrology of the Fraser Delta HMA B. Strea,m Summary Sheets C. WMB Licence Application Tracking System D. WMB Reserve/Restriction Notices -- Lower Mainland VI ABSTRACT Indices of hydrologic sensitivities were developed for streams within the Fraser River Action Plan's Fraser Delta Habitat Management Area (HMA), where sensitivity refers to the state of those aspects of the hydrologic regime that affect habitat and are altered by human activities. The indices were used to rank 33 presently utilized salmon streams in the HMA according to water withdrawals, high flows, low flows and urbanization regarding impact from human activities and their ability to resist human impact. This study described those aspects of the climate, physiography, surficial geology and soils that affect the hydrology of the salmon streams. The local hydrologic regimes were described, and estimates of mean annual flows, mean annual floods, mean monthly flows, and seasonal 7-day flows were prepared for each of the salmon streams. Potential licensed demand on surface waters were calculated. The impact of urbanization on hydrology was reviewed, and areas of various land uses in the study stream watersheds were calculated. The main issues occurring on the salmon streams were summarized on a stream-by-stream basis. Watersheds of many of the salmon streams in the HMA have moderately impervious surficial geology with naturally occurring low flow problems during extended dry periods. Other watersheds underlain by deep glaciofluvial gravels (Nathan, Anderson, Murray and Fishtrap creeks and upper Salmon River) maintain greater base flows through groundwater discharge. In either case, urbanization may have only a small effect on low flows relative to effects of water extraction, and particularly groundwater extraction in the latter. The major surface water extractions were for irrigation from Nicomekl, Serpentine and Salmon rivers, and Matsqui and Gifford sloughs. Water storage requirements, except for the Coquitlam Reservoir, only represent a small portion of the water requirements for irrigation. Urbanization, and particularly effective impermeable areas from development, was found to be the main human activity affecting peak flows, particularly in areas that were developed prior to new municipal regulations restricting 2-year post­ development floods to pre-development levels. There is no local evidence that these flows constitute a channel-forming discharge in the HMA. There is no systematic record that examines bank erosion or channel downcutting as they relate to land-use activities in the HMA. Technical recommendations and management alternatives were discussed, including a variety of monitoring projects, water management plans, opposition to further water withdrawals in some streams, water storage opportunities, shallow well inventories, examination of effectiveness of current stormwater management, examination of sediment budgets, development of GIS map layers on channel changes and bank status, and detailed hydraulic modelling in contentious watersheds. VII RESUME Dans Ie cadre du Plan d'action du Fraser, des indices de vulnerabilite hydrologique ont ete etablis pour certains cours d'eau du secteur de gestion de I'habitat (SGH) du delta du Fraser. On entend par «indice de vulnerabilite», I'etat des elements du regime hydrologique qui ont un effet sur I'habitat et qui sont modifies par les activites humaines. Ces indices ont servi a c1asser 33 rivieres asaumons du SGH sur lesquelles s'exercent a I'heure
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Story of the Coquitlam River Watershed Past, Present and Future
    Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program – Living Rivers Project Coquitlam River Stakeholder Engagement Phase I The Story of the Coquitlam River Watershed Past, Present and Future Prepared for: The City of Coquitlam and Kwikwetlem First Nation Funding provided by: The Pacific Salmon Foundation Additional funding provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada Prepared by: Jahlie Houghton, JR Environmental – April 2008 Updated by: Coquitlam River Watershed Work Group – October 2008 Final Report: October 24, 2008 2 File #: 13-6410-01/000/2008-1 Doc #: 692852.v1B Acknowledgements I would like to offer a special thanks to individuals of the community who took the time to meet with me, who not only helped to educate me on historical issues and events in the watershed, but also provided suggestions to their vision of what a successful watershed coordinator could contribute in the future. These people include Elaine Golds, Niall Williams, Don Gillespie, Dianne Ramage, Tony Matahlija, Tim Tyler, John Jakse, Vance Reach, Sherry Carroll, Fin Donnelly, Maurice Coulter-Boisvert, Matt Foy, Derek Bonin, Charlotte Bemister, Dave Hunter, Jim Allard, Tom Vanichuk, and George Turi. I would also like to thank members of the City of Coquitlam, Kwikwetlem First Nation, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Watershed Watch Salmon Society (representative for Kwikwetlem) who made this initiative possible and from whom advice was sought throughout this process. These include Jennifer Wilkie, Dave Palidwor, Mike Carver, Margaret Birch, Hagen Hohndorf, Melony Burton, Tom Cadieux, Dr. Craig Orr, George Chaffee, and Glen Joe. Thank you to the City of Coquitlam also for their printing and computer support services.
    [Show full text]
  • Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
    Tsleil-Waututh community members paddling Burrard Inlet, June 18, 2014. Copyright Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Photograph by Blake Evans, 2014. Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide 6501 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, BC V5G 3T6 | 604-297-4565 | burnabyvillagemuseum.ca 2019-06-03 The Burnaby School District is thankful to work, play and learn on the traditional territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwxwú7mesẖ speaking people. As we inquire into learning more about the history of these lands, we are grateful to Burnaby Village Museum for working with our host First Nation communities. The knowledge being shared in this resource guide through our local communities supports the teaching and learning happening in our classrooms. It deepens our understanding of the history of our community and will increase our collective knowledge of our host First Nations communities’ history in Burnaby. In our schools, this guide will assist in creating place-based learning opportunities that will build pride for our Indigenous learners through the sharing of this local knowledge, but also increase understanding for our non-Indigenous learners. Through this guide, we can move closer to the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call to Action 63 (i and iii): 63. We call upon the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada to maintain an annual commitment to Indigenous education issues, including: i. Developing and implementing Kindergarten to Grade Twelve curriculum and learning resources on Indigenous peoples in Canadian history, and the history and legacy of residential schools. iii. Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect. We would like extend thanks to Burnaby Village Museum staff for their time and efforts in creating this resource guide.
    [Show full text]
  • Appendix B: Hydrotechnical Assessment
    Sheep Paddocks Trail Alignment Analysis APPENDIX B: HYDROTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT LEES+Associates -112- 30 Gostick Place | North Vancouver, BC V7M 3G3 | 604.980.6011 | www.nhcweb.com 300217 15 August 2013 Lees + Associates Landscape Architects #509 – 318 Homer Street Vancouver, BC V6B 2V2 Attention: Nalon Smith Dear Mr. Smith: Subject: Sheep Paddocks Trail Alignment – Phase 1 Hydrotechnical Assessment Preliminary Report 1 INTRODUCTION Metro Vancouver wishes to upgrade the Sheep Paddocks Trail between Pitt River Road and Mundy Creek in Colony Farm Regional Park on the west side of the Coquitlam River. The trail is to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle traffic and be built to withstand at least a 1 in 10 year flood. The project will be completed in three phases: 1. Phase 1 – Route Selection 2. Phase 2 – Detailed Design 3. Phase 3 – Construction and Post-Construction This letter report provides hydrotechnical input for Phase 1 – Route Selection. Currently, a narrow footpath runs along the top of a berm on the right bank of the river. The trail suffered erosion damage in 2007 and was subsequently closed to the public but is still unofficially in use. Potential future routes include both an inland and river option, as well as combinations of the two. To investigate the feasibility of the different options and help identify the most appropriate trail alignment from a hydrotechnical perspective, NHC was retained to undertake the following Phase I scope of work: • Participate in three meetings. • Attend a site visit. • Estimate different return period river flows and comment on local drainage requirements. • Simulate flood levels and velocities corresponding to the different flows.
    [Show full text]
  • Port Coquitlam Flood Mapping Update
    Port Coquitlam Flood Mapping Update RECOMMENDATION: None. PREVIOUS COUNCIL/COMMITTEE ACTION On September 17, 2019 Council carried the following motion: That staff prepare flood maps showing current flood risk to Port Coquitlam from the Fraser Basin and provide a report in the fall 2019 with information about the risks facing the community from rising sea levels that align with projections in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. REPORT SUMMARY Port Coquitlam has participated in the Fraser Basin Council’s Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy (“the Strategy”) since its development in 2014. Participants in the strategy have responsibilities or interests related to flood management and include the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, Lower Mainland local governments, First Nations and non- governmental and private sector entities in the region. This report summarizes the flood projections for Port Coquitlam, the regional work completed to date and presents the Strategy’s next phase. BACKGROUND The Lower Fraser Watershed is fed by 12 major watersheds. 1. The Upper / Middle Fraser 7. Chilcotin 2. Stuart 8. North Thompson 3. McGregor 9. South Thompson 4. Nechako 10. Thompson 5. Quesnel 11. Lillooet 6. West Road-Blackwater 12. Harrison These watersheds are illustrated on Figure 1. Report To: Committee of Council Department: Engineering & Public Works Approved by: F. Smith Meeting Date: November 19, 2019 Port Coquitlam Flood Mapping Update Figure 1 – Fraser Basin Watersheds https://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/basin_watersheds.html In addition, the Lower Fraser watershed incorporates a number of smaller watersheds: Stave Lake and River drain into the Fraser between Maple Ridge and Mission; Alouette Lake and River flow into the Pitt River; the Pitt River drains south from Garibaldi Provincial Park through Pitt Lake, emptying into the Fraser River between Pitt Meadows and Port Coquitlam.
    [Show full text]
  • Building of the Coquitlam River and Port Moody Trails Researched and Written by Ralph Drew, Belcarra, BC, June 2010; Updated Dec 2012 and Dec 2013
    Early Trail Building in the New Colony of British Columbia — John Hall’s Building of the Coquitlam River and Port Moody Trails Researched and written by Ralph Drew, Belcarra, BC, June 2010; updated Dec 2012 and Dec 2013. A recent “find” of colonial correspondence in the British Columbia Archives tells a story about the construction of the Coquitlam River and Port Moody Trails between 1862 and 1864 by pioneer settler John Hall. (In 1870 Hall pre-empted 160 acres of Crown Land on Indian Arm and became Belcarra’s first European settler.) The correspondence involves a veritable “who’s who” of people in the administration in the young ‘Colony of British Columbia’. This historic account serves to highlight one of the many challenges faced by our pioneers during the period of colonial settlement in British Columbia. Sir James Douglas When the Fraser River Gold Rush began in the spring of 1858, there were only about 250 to 300 Europeans living in the Fraser Valley. The gold rush brought on the order of 30,000 miners flocking to the area in the quest for riches, many of whom came north from the California gold fields. As a result, the British Colonial office declared a new Crown colony on the mainland called ‘British Columbia’ and appointed Sir James Douglas as the first Governor. (1) The colony was first proclaimed at Fort Langley on 19th November, 1858, but in early 1859 the capital was moved to the planned settlement called ‘New Westminster’, Sir James Douglas strategically located on the northern banks of the Fraser River.
    [Show full text]
  • George Black — Early Pioneer Settler on the Coquitlam River
    George Black — Early Pioneer Settler on the Coquitlam River Researched and written by Ralph Drew, Belcarra, BC, December 2018. The ‘Colony of British Columbia’ was proclaimed at Fort Langley on November 19th,1858. In early 1859, Colonel Richard Clement Moody, RE, selected the site for the capital of the colony on the north side of the Fraser River where the river branches. The Royal Engineers established their camp at ‘Sapperton’ and proceeded to layout the future townsite of ‘Queensborough’ (later ‘New Westminster’). On July 17th, 1860, ‘New Westminster’ incorporated to become the first municipality in Western Canada. During the winter of 1858–59, the Fraser River froze over for several months and Colonel Moody realized his position when neither supply boat nor gun-boat could come to his aid in case of an attack. As a consequence, Colonel Moody built a “road” to Burrard Inlet in the summer of 1859 as a military expediency, in order that ships might be accessible via salt water. The “road” was initially just a pack trail that was built due north from ‘Sapperton’ in a straight line to Burrard Inlet. In 1861, the pack trail was upgraded to a wagon road ― known today as ‘North Road’. (1) The ‘Pitt River Road’ from New Westminster to ‘Pitt River Meadows’ was completed in June 1862. (2) In the summer of 1859, (3)(4) the first European family to settle in the Coquitlam area arrived on the schooner ‘Rob Roy’ on the west side of the Pitt River to the area known as ‘Pitt River Meadows’ (today ‘Port Coquitlam’) — Alexander McLean (1809–1889), his wife (Jane), and their two small boys: Alexander (1851–1932) and Donald (1856–1930).
    [Show full text]
  • Community Profile Tri-Cities
    Tri-Cities Community Profile 2014 Acknowledgements i Special Thanks Are Extended for their Support in Developing this Document: ii Jennifer Cleathero, Consultant Angelo Lam, Tri-Cities Middle Childhood Matters Section 1 Susan Foster, Ministry of Children and Family Development Lauren Goodwin, Fraser Health Authority Parneet Hara, Fraser Health Authority Wendy Harvey, YMCA Childcare Resource and Referral Program Lucie Honey-Ray, Consultant Andrea Hunter, School District #43 Valerie Lavallie, Step-By-Step Child Development Society Carol Lloyd, Step-By-Step Child Development Society Barb Mancell, Tri-Cities Literacy Committee Michelle Picard, Westcoast Family Centres Fraser Health Authority Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development School District #43 Tri-Cities Early Childhood Development Committee Tri-Cities Middle Childhood Matters Committee Section 2 United Way of the Lower Mainland YMCA Child Care Resource and Referral Program Section 3 Section 4 Geographical Area 04 Preface 05 Demographics 06 1.1 Population Growth 06 1.8 Home Language 11 1.2 Child Population 06 1.9 Aboriginal Population 12 1.3 Families 07 1.10 Median Family Income 13 1.4 Children Living At Home 07 1.11 Poverty 13 1.5 Foreign Born Population 08 1.12 Home Ownership and Affordability 14 1.6 Period of Immigration 09 1.13 Education 14 1.7 Immgrant Children 10 1.14 Mobility 15 Early Childhood Measures 16 2.1 Early Development Instrument 16 2.3 Heart Mind Index 24 2.2 Middle Development Instrument 18 Early
    [Show full text]
  • From the Mill to the Hill: Race, Gender, and Nation in the Making of a French-Canadian Community in Maillardville, Bc, 1909-1939
    FROM THE MILL TO THE HILL: RACE, GENDER, AND NATION IN THE MAKING OF A FRENCH-CANADIAN COMMUNITY IN MAILLARDVILLE, BC, 1909-1939 by Genevieve Lapointe B.A., Universite Laval, 2002 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in The Faculty of Graduate Studies (Sociology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA May 2007 © Genevieve Lapointe, 2007 ABSTRACT This study looks at the making of a French-Canadian community in Maillardville, British Columbia, between 1909 and 1939. Drawing on oral history transcripts, as well as textual and visual documents, From the Mill to the Hill explores how complicated and contested relations of race, class, gender, and sexuality intertwined to constitute a French-Canadian identity and community in Maillardville prior to the Second World War. Using critical discourse analysis as methodology, this study examines the narratives of 23 men and women who were interviewed in the early 1970s and lived in Maillardville in the period preceding that war. Newspaper articles, city council minutes, company records, church records, as well as historical photographs culled from various archives and a local museum, also serve as primary documents. From the Mill to the Hill argues that a French-Canadian identity and community was constructed in Maillardville between 1909 and 1939 through the racialization of bodies and spaces. Narratives about the myth of the frontier, the opposite "other," and the racialization of the space in and around the company town of Fraser Mills illustrate how identity construction operated within a gendered and racialized framework. Secondly, this study excavates the fragile "whiteness" of French Canadians as both colonizers and colonized in British Columbia.
    [Show full text]
  • COQMON-7 | Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index
    Coquitlam-Buntzen Project Water Use Plan Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index Implementation Year 12 Reference: COQMON-7 Study Period: 2000-2017 Results Prepared by: Jody Schick Jason Macnair 529 Gower Point Road, 2919 Ontario St., Vancouver B.C. Gibsons, BC., V5T 2Y5 V0N 1V0, [email protected] [email protected] March 31, 2019 Coquitlam River Fish Monitoring Program: 2000-2017 Results Final Report Prepared for: BC Hydro Prepared by: Jody Schick1* and Jason Macnair2 _____________________________________________________________________ 1 529 Gower Point Road, Gibsons, BC., V0N 1V0, [email protected] 2 2919 Ontario St., Vancouver B.C. V5T 2Y5, [email protected] * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed ii Executive Summary As part of the Coquitlam River Water Use Plan (LB1 WUP), a long-term adaptive management study is being conducted in the Coquitlam River to compare anadromous fish production under two experimental flow regimes. Fish population monitoring under the first flow regime (Treatment 1, dam release flows from 0.8-1.4 cms) occurred from 2000 until the completion of the Coquitlam Dam seismic upgrade in October 2008, with the exception of 2001(8 years). Fish production under Treatment 2 (release flows from 1.1-6.1 cms) will be monitored for up to 9 years. The Lower Coquitlam River Fish Productivity Index Monitoring Program (COQMON-07) focuses on four anadromous species: Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), and includes adult escapement and smolt outmigration monitoring for each species. Higher returns during 2007-2014 allowed Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) escapements to be estimated as well.
    [Show full text]
  • Program Listing Guide
    Parks, Recreation & Culture Services Summer 2011 Program Listing Guide Registration begins May 18, 2011 8:30 a.m. Welcome to Coquitlam’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Services Summer 2011 As we grow, we need to recognize the ever-growing needs of Coquitlam and its residents. Therefore, we have restructured our department and changed our name to Parks, Recreation and Culture Services. The new name and restructuring supports the City’s vision to provide quality services, facilities and programs which recognize the varied interests and needs within the community. Visit www.coquitlam.ca or call 604.927.4FUN for information on our services and facilities. and abilities from a 25 metre, six lane lap pool to warm water Our Services leisure pool to large swirl pool. Also available is a steam room and a sauna Programs, Events and Activities constructed from native Hemlock. Coquitlam Parks, Recreation The Fitness & Culture Services has many Centre has 6,800 programs, registered or drop-in, sq. ft. of space which appeal to a wide range with the latest of ages and interests: seasonal Technogym camps, sports, health & fitness, equipment arts, crafts and hobbies. and Easy Line Find out more about what we have circuit designed prepared for this season in this Guide, to introduce or on line at www.coquitlam.ca new users to strength training. Other amenities Our Facilities include multi- purpose rooms including a large Swimming Pools and Arenas banquet room with patio, a designated space for indoor walking Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex groups, a licensed restaurant facility, the Coquitlam Sports Hall 633 Poirier St.
    [Show full text]
  • REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
    REGION 2 - Lower Mainland CONTACT INFORMATION Fish and Wildlife Regional Office Salmon Information: (604) 586-4400 200-10428 153 St Fisheries and Oceans Canada Surrey BC V3R 1E1 District Offices (DFO) Conservation Officer Service Chilliwack: (604) 824-3300 Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded Delta: (604) 666-8266 information or to make an appointment at Langley: (604) 607-4150 any of the following Field Offices: Mission: (604) 814-1055 Mission, North Vancouver, Powell River, Squamish: (604) 892-3230 Sechelt, and Squamish Steveston: (604) 664-9250 Vancouver: (604) 666-0384 RAPP Shellfish Information line: (604) 666-2828 Report All Poachers Rand Polluters Mahood L i C in hilco Conservation Officerl 24 Hour Hotline tin k na STAY UP TO DATE: li R R 1-877-952-RAPPK (7277) iver ko Canim il Check website for in-season changes or h L Please refer to page 78 for more informationC closure dates for the 2021-2023 season rapp.bc.ca g at: www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations r T o Cr a D C s y e 100 Mile House 5-6 e Tatlayoko k l o s o Lake M R r C 5-5 r 5-3 C CHILKO ig B Bonaparte n LAKE r L u R R h Taseko C te o ar hk Lakes ap at 5-4 3-31 on m FR B R Ho A S Y E a R n a R la k m o d m a R e Bish rd 3-32 D op o 2-15 L R R So Carpenter uthg ate ge Lake R Brid Gold ive Cache Creek Kamloops r Bridge R Lake 1-15 2-14 Seton BUTE L INLET 3-33 Anderson Lillooet 3-17 KAMLOOPS Phillips 2-13 L G R u i a R N Arm b r c o I O T C V h L h S o ILL s E OO o R P n E T o M y a O C C H r 2-11 3-16 T Sonora N TOBA ic Island R o INLET Pemberton la n E i e R l n a t e
    [Show full text]
  • 01-16-2012 Report to Council
    5 CoQuitlam For Committee January 10, 2012 Our File: 08-3360-20/08 014000 RZ/1 Doc#: 1186937.V2 To: City Manager From: General Manager Planning and Development Subject: Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan - Progress Report For: Council-in-Commlttee Recommendation: That the Committee receive the* report dated January 10, 2012 of the General Manager Planning and Development entitled "Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan - Progress Report" for information. Report Purpose: This report provides an overview of the public comments from the December 1, 2011 Public Open House forthe Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan. Strategic Coal: This report supports the City's corporate objectives to strengthen neighbourhoods and enhance the sustainability of City services, transportation systems and infrastructure. Background: The update to the Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan, that was re-initiated in June 2011 (see Attachment 1 for further context and background), is being prepared in close consultation with area residents, property owners, businesses, builders, development community and other interest groups. As i3art of the engagement process forthe Plan, the second Public Open House was held on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Place Maillardville from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. The event provided the public with an opportunity to re-engage with the Plan process, to review a series of display panels and to dialogue with staff regarding a variety of "Ideas and Options" for five (5) policy streams: • Housing Choices: new areas & types • Medium-Density, Multi-Family Housing: new areas & types • Heritage Preservation and Expression • Experiences in Parks and Outdoor Recreation • Nelson Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan City of Coquitlam Page 2 January 10, 2012 Background: cont'd/ For this Maillardville Open House, staff used a number of means and methods to communicate and publicize the event, a summary of which is attached to this report (Attachment 2).
    [Show full text]