It flows into
columbia river within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → 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 6 km.
kokanee,
rainbow trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (10 records). The fish-passage model expects
bull trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet. Named tributaries:
shields creek.