Target Species
Project Partners
Funding Support
A collaboration between the BCIT Rivers Institute and the North Shore Streamkeepers with key involvement by the DNV and DFO to create a nursery for young salmon.
Problem & Scope
Off-channel habitat provides refuge for young salmonids during winter storms and summer droughts.
At this existing off-channel in Lynn Creek, near Inter River Park, low flows in summer led to young salmonids being stranded.
Map showing location of the Lynn Creek Off-Channel Habitat Enhancement Project, in North Vancouver, B.C.
This site had been identified for enhancement in a study for the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
North Shore Streamkeepers monitored water in the channel in 2017:
April 9th
April 23rd
May 14th
Aug 20, 2017 – Channel is dry, with isolated pools.
Planning & Research
Timeline
Large woody debris and boulders are installed and secured in the Lynn Creek Off-Channel Habitat in August 2018.
A plan diagram outlines the placement of Large Woody Debris (LWD) and boulders.
Large woody debris and boulders are installed and secured in the Lynn Creek Off-Channel Habitat in August 2018.
After construction at LWD Complex #1 – August 2018.
After the first rains at LWD Complex #1 – September 2018.
In September 2019, a Community Art Project celebrates the Off-Channel Habitat.
The September 2019 Community Art Project was installed along the Off-Channel Habitat on protective fencing erected by the District of North Vancouver.
Contact the BC Government:
Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP)
24 hr hotline: 1‐877‐952‐7277
Contact Fisheries and Oceans Canada if
salmon are involved:
Observe, Record, Report
1‐800‐465‐4336
DFO.ORR-ONS.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
