Pearson Creek

River
3.58 km
Mapped channels
Pearson Creek is a tributary creek flowing into beaton creek. Recorded fish: Brook Trout.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
Season
Driving directions

At a glance

Fact
Details
Type
Tributary Creek
Watershed
Upper Arrow Lake
Size
stream order 3, ~4 km
Fish
Brook Trout
Water
Wade Water

Species

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 Beaton Creek system.

Measurements

Measurement
Reported value
Median channel width
3.4 m
Median channel gradient
3.63 %
Mean annual discharge estimate
0.202 m³/s

The water

It flows into beaton creek within the Upper Arrow Lake watershed (Upper Arrow Lake → Columbia 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, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (7 records).

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Beaton Creek, Pearson 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
Upper Arrow Lake watershed
Stream order 3
~4 km
Brook Trout
7 records
Wade Water

Conditions

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Navigability: wade water: narrow channel, fish on foot (median channel width ~3.4 m, narrow; median gradient ~3.63%, moderate; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.202 m³/s, very low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Pearson 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 Beaton Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.
Page reviewed 2026-07-31