The Field Journal · Waters

Watersheds

Ten watershed groups, 1,385 named waterways, 14,485 km of mapped water — all of it draining to the Columbia. Pick a drainage on the map or browse the groups below; every waterway page hangs off one of these ten.

Watershed regions derived from the BC Freshwater Atlas stream network · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

The ten groups

Columbia River Watershed 91 waterways 91 hold sportfish 1,558 km mapped basin outlet Kootenay River Watershed 89 waterways 85 hold sportfish 1,890 km mapped flows into Columbia River Bull River Watershed 52 waterways 50 hold sportfish 681 km mapped flows into Kootenay River Duncan Lake Watershed 120 waterways 109 hold sportfish 1,121 km mapped flows into Kootenay River Elk River Watershed 128 waterways 124 hold sportfish 1,522 km mapped flows into Kootenay River Kootenay Lake Watershed 298 waterways 295 hold sportfish 2,334 km mapped flows into Kootenay River Slocan River Watershed 126 waterways 118 hold sportfish 1,035 km mapped flows into Kootenay River St. Mary River Watershed 110 waterways 109 hold sportfish 1,460 km mapped flows into Kootenay River Lower Arrow Lake Watershed 244 waterways 237 hold sportfish 1,669 km mapped flows into Columbia River Upper Arrow Lake Watershed 127 waterways 121 hold sportfish 1,215 km mapped flows into Columbia River