A short tributary on the east side of the Lardeau Creek drainage, disambiguated from the other Five Mile Creeks scattered across British Columbia. No direct fish observations exist for this reach, only the inferred sportfish context that carries across the wider Trout Lake tributary system.
Five Mile Creek is a short side creek on the east side of the Lardeau Creek drainage. The name
repeats across British Columbia, so this page is disambiguated to the specific Kootenay Land District
water at 50.668889, -117.451944, in the Lardeau Creek watershed that feeds Trout Lake. No survey
or catch report has produced a direct fish observation on this reach.
The water
NRCan's Geographical Names registry
places Five Mile Creek at 50.668889, -117.451944 in the Kootenay Land District. It runs stream order 2
(near the headwater end of a scale that runs from 1, a trickle, up to 6 or more for a full river) and
stretches roughly one kilometre before it reaches Lardeau Creek, which in turn drains to Trout Lake.
That is short enough, and close enough to other similarly named creeks in the province, that any outside
Five Mile Creek note should be checked against this coordinate before it gets attached to this page.
The fishing
Zero direct fish observations exist for this reach. The wider Lardeau Creek system carries an inferred
Trout Lake sportfish signal that includes Bull Trout, and this creek sits inside that broader
drainage, but nothing has confirmed a population here specifically. Treat it as a map note and a
regulation-and-access check first, not a fishing destination, until a field report or provincial survey
says otherwise.
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Scout tributary
Into Lardeau Creek, then Trout Lake
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Stream order 2
~1 km
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No confirmed fish
Inferred sportfish context only
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Wade
Small, cold headwater water if fish-bearing
If a lower reach does hold fish, the working food model for small Lardeau-system water is
Mayflies, Caddisflies (Sedges), Stoneflies and Terrestrials (Hoppers, Ants, Beetles), the same tiny-stream insects that
carry the rest of the drainage. No Five Mile Creek-specific hatch data has turned up to confirm timing
or density.
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Confirm before you fish
This is a scout water, not a proven fishery. If access and flow check out and the reach is legally open, a small Elk Hair Caddis, Adams or Royal Wulff up top, and a Prince Nymph, Hare's Ear or Pheasant Tail underneath, are reasonable starting points for cold, small-stream water. There is no report confirming fish will answer them here.
Access and the rules
No named trailhead, road or put-in has turned up for Five Mile Creek, and there is no fishing-guide
coverage of it. Reaching the Lardeau Creek drainage generally means the Trout Lake road network out
of Gerrard or Trout Lake village; confirm current road status and any private-land sections before
walking in.
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Before you fish
Five Mile Creek carries no water-specific listing in the Region 4 synopsis. It falls under the general Trout Lake tributary bucket, where bull trout are catch-and-release. Region 4 streams close generally April 1 to June 14, and single barbless hooks are required on all Region 4 streams unless a water carries its own exception. Confirm the current Region 4 synopsis before you go.
Conditions
Navigability: no channel-geometry data has been confirmed for this specific reach. At one
kilometre and stream order 2, expect small, wade-only, cold headwater water rather than anything
driftable.
Stocking: no stocking record. Any fish present would be wild.
