Geddes Creek flows into the Columbia River on the Windermere side of the Columbia Valley. Natural Resources Canada lists it as an official Kootenay Land District creek, but no local fish observations have been logged for it, so it reads as a mapped tributary to confirm rather than a destination water.
The water
Geddes Creek's mouth sits at 50.64333, -116.09500. It runs stream order 4 (mid-range on a network that runs from 1 for a headwater trickle up to 6 or more for a full river) and stretches roughly 2 km before reaching the Columbia. Across its eight mapped channel segments it reads small and gentle: median width ~2.9 m (narrow), median gradient ~3.1% (gentle), and peak mean-annual discharge ~0.039 m³/s (very low flow), consistent with a short valley-bottom feeder creek rather than a mainstem tributary.
No direct fish observations exist for Geddes Creek in the local beat model, even though the connected Columbia system's species list is broad. The wider network's species list, westslope cutthroat, bull trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat, dolly varden and Kokanee, is inferred from the connected system rather than observed on this creek itself, so treat it as basin context, not a fish-presence claim.
The fishing
There isn't enough here to plan a trip around. No local fish records, no confirmed public access, and no guide coverage have turned up for Geddes Creek. Wilmer Creek and Goldie Creek, both nearby Columbia Valley creeks, carry a real rainbow trout, brook trout and kokanee record signal, and Holland Creek has a strong warmwater, lake-edge forage signal near Windermere Lake, so all three are better starting points than Geddes if you want a Columbia Valley creek with confirmed fish. Before fishing Geddes Creek itself, confirm lower-channel access, a legal road crossing, actual fish presence and cool summer flow, since a creek this narrow, gentle and low-volume can run marginal by late summer.
Scout water, not a trip
If access, fish presence and flow are ever confirmed, small, sparse patterns suit a creek this size: an Adams, Royal Wulff, Elk Hair Caddis, small Stimulator, Hare's Ear, Prince Nymph and Pheasant Tail. Likely food, if the creek does hold fish, would be Mayflies, Caddisflies (Sedges), small Stoneflies, summer Terrestrials (Hoppers, Ants, Beetles) and, where the lower reach connects to bigger water, Baitfish & Fry. None of this is confirmed on Geddes Creek itself.
Conditions & stocking
- Navigability: small and gentle across its eight mapped segments (median width ~2.9 m, narrow; median gradient ~3.1%, gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.039 m³/s, very low flow). That geometry points to a tight, low-volume creek rather than a walk-and-cast stream.
- Stocking: no FFSBC stocking record. Any fish present would be unconfirmed wild fish only.
Access and the rules
No named trailhead, parking area or public road crossing has been confirmed for Geddes Creek, and land tenure along the creek has not been verified. Kootenay Troutfitters is the nearest Columbia Valley guide outfit, but no source confirms dedicated Geddes Creek guiding.
