Boundary Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Kootenay River. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, rainbow, cutthroat, dolly varden, kokanee, brook trout.
The water
It flows into Kootenay River within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 4 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 23 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, Kokanee, Brook Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (144 records). Named tributaries in the index: Dodge Creek, Blue Joe Creek, Meadow Creek.
Stocking
For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. Boundary Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 16 recorded releases totalling 289,344 fish (Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout), last stocked 1957-01-01.
Boundary Creek — 289,344 fish stocked, 1927–1957
Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Brook Trout. Source: Province of BC — FIDQ / FISS Fish Releases via the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
| Year | Rainbow Trout | Cutthroat Trout | Brook Trout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | · | · | 20,000 |
| 1956 | · | · | 10,500 |
| 1950 | 25,000 | · | · |
| 1949 | 20,000 | · | · |
| 1948 | 9,900 | · | · |
| 1947 | 5,000 | · | · |
| 1946 | 19,424 | · | · |
| 1945 | 15,000 | · | · |
| 1944 | 20,000 | · | · |
| 1943 | 19,520 | · | · |
| 1942 | 20,000 | · | · |
| 1941 | 20,000 | · | · |
| 1931 | · | 5,000 | 45,000 |
| 1928 | · | · | 10,000 |
| 1927 | · | · | 25,000 |
Stocking appears to have wound down after 1957. Confirm whether it is still topped up or now fishes as a residual, wild population. The chart below shows the full release history.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Kootenay River, Boundary Creek fishes the way creeks of its size do: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper, working the pocket water and the heads of pools. The stocking record below is the truest read on what you will catch.
Conditions
- Navigability: mixed, confirm access and flow before choosing drift vs wade (median channel width ~6.6 m, moderate width; median gradient ~0.8%, very gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.571 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Boundary Creek, meaning the roads in, put-ins and any walk-in or seasonal limits, is worth confirming locally before you commit a day. The drainage map shows how the water sits in its valley.
