Beaver Creek

River
4.4 km
Mapped channels
Beaver Creek is a tributary creek flowing into kootenay river. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
Season
Driving directions

At a glance

Fact
Details
Type
Tributary Creek
Watershed
Kootenay Lake
Size
stream order 3, ~4 km
Fish
Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout
Water
Driftable With Caution

Species

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Brook Trout
•
Rainbow Trout

Region 4 Regulations — guide reviewed 2026-07-31

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Kootenay River system.

Measurements

Measurement
Reported value
Median channel width
14.7 m
Median channel gradient
0.38 %
Mean annual discharge estimate
0.697 m³/s

The water

It flows into kootenay river within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 3 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 4 km. brook trout, rainbow trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (16 records).

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Kootenay River, Beaver 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.
Fact
Details
Tributary Creek
Kootenay Lake watershed
Stream order 3
~4 km
Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout
16 records
Driftable With Caution

Conditions

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Navigability: driftable with caution: wide, low-gradient sections suit a float/raft, but rated rapids or canyon-confined reaches interrupt them; check the drift map (median channel width ~14.7 m, wide; median gradient ~0.38%, very gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.697 m³/s, very low flow; canyon-confined sections with ~103 m walls (DEM)).

Access & the rules

Access for Beaver 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.

Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go This water is part of the Kootenay River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.

Related

Kootenay River
Page reviewed 2026-07-31
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