It flows into
kootenay river within the St. Mary River watershed (St. Mary 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 4 km.
westslope cutthroat trout,
bull trout,
rainbow trout, cutthroat, dolly varden,
kokanee, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (76 records).