It flows into
elk river within the Elk River watershed (Elk River → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 2 (high in the network, near the headwaters; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 3 km.
westslope cutthroat trout,
bull trout, cutthroat, dolly varden,
mountain whitefish,
brook trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data.