Lasqueti LTC Final Watershed Assessment on Lasqueti Island Report

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LASQUETI ISLAND WATERSHED ASSESSMENT FOR 
PRESENCE OF FISH HABITAT 
 
 
 
 
Prepared for: 
 
Ms. Linda Prowse 
Islands Trust Northern Office 
700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC,  V0R 1X3 
 
 
 
Prepared by: 
 
Jennifer Morgen, M.Sc., A.Sc.T., B.I.T. 
MADRONE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD. 
1081 Canada Avenue, Duncan, BC,  V9L 1V2 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 Dossier 13.0054
environmental services ltd. 

Islands Trust Northern Office – Ms. Linda Prowse Page i 
Watershed Assessment for Presence of Fish Habitat – Lasqueti Island March 31, 2013 
 
Dossier 13.0054 
environmental  services  ltd.  
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 
2.0 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................... 2 
2.1 Background Research ................................................................................... 2 
2.2 Assessment Areas .......................................................................................... 2 
2.3 Definition of a “Stream” under the RAR ....................................................... 3 
2.4 Field Assessment Procedures ........................................................................ 5 
2.5 Assessing for Fish Presence or Potential Fish Presence ................................. 5 
3.0 RESULTS ......................................................................................................... 6 
3.1 Documented Stream Data ............................................................................ 6 
3.2 Watersheds with Fish Habitat ....................................................................... 7 
 
Watersheds with Perennial Fish Habitat ............................................... 7 3.2.1
3.2.1.1 Jenkins Creek .............................................................................7 
3.2.1.2 Wamer Creek .............................................................................8 
 
Watersheds with Potential Barriers to Fish ........................................... 8 3.2.2
3.2.2.1 Billdown Swamp Drainage (Fisher, Toy Bay)  ................................9 
3.2.2.2 Trematon Creek ..........................................................................9 
3.2.2.3 Unnamed Stream (Osland Nature Reserve) .................................10 
3.2.2.4 Unnamed stream (Powder Flask, Driftwood Cove) ......................10 
3.2.2.5 Unnamed stream (Windy Bay) ...................................................11 
3.2.2.6 Monahan Creek (Anderson Bay) .................................................11 
3.2.2.7 Tucker Brook (Long Bay) ...........................................................12 
3.2.2.8 Deane Creek (Tucker Bay) .........................................................12 
3.3 Watersheds Requiring Further Investigation ............................................... 13 
 
Unnamed Stream (Mine Bay) .......................................................

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