| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Peachland Creek is an important tributary watershed within the Okanagan Basin, with high fisheries values for kokanee, as well as rainbow trout. Peachland Creek is also a community watershed with summer and fall flows that are regulated through storage releases and licensed withdrawals by the District Municipality of Peachland. Water Survey of Canada has operated a number of stream flow gauging stations within the Peachland Ck watershed. There were 2 early stations from 1919 to the early to mid 1920s, a number of stations from the late 1960s or early 1970s to the early 1980s as well as the Greata Creek station (tributary to Peachland Ck) which has operated continuously since 1970. For fisheries values, the most important historical site was near the mouth of Peachland Creek which was operated from 1969 to 1982. This provides historical reference, but current information on residual flows for fish in Peachland Ck., with present development and infrastructure in the watershed has been lacking. fisheries, aquatic habitat, monitoring, environmental flows, low flow |
