Queen Mary Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Palliser River. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, bull trout, rainbow, cutthroat, dolly varden, mtn whitefish.
The water
It flows into Palliser River within the Kootenay River watershed (Kootenay River → Columbia 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 14 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, Mountain Whitefish, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (6 records).
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Palliser River, Queen Mary 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. Match the fly box to the season and confirm against a current local report.
Conditions
- Navigability: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~6.8 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.08%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.005 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Queen Mary 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.
