Nelson Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan Appendix A: Photographs
Photo 1.
Nelson Creek at the Fraser River. Nelson Creek flows through a culvert under the Catalyst Paper parking lot. Note the vegetated channel to the left, which does not convey water (aerial photo courtesy of City of Coquitlam).
Photo 2.
Nelson Creek Mainstem (N1) downstream of Highway #1.
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Photo 3.
Nelson Creek Mainstem (Reach N2) in Mackin Park. Channel is well established with gravels and fish are present in this reach.
Photo 4.
Nelson Creek Mainstem (Reach N2), just downstream of the culvert at Brunette Avenue. This 1.3 m falls above a 30 cm pool is likely a barrier to fish migration.
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Photo 5.
Nelson Creek Mainstem at Brunette Avenue (Reach N2). This perched culvert falls onto rocks and is impassable to fish. The culvert marks the upstream end of Reach N2 and fish accessibility.
Photo 6.
Nelson Creek Mainstem downstream of Alderson Avenue (Reach N3) showing a perched culvert (>2.0 m high) that is impassable to fish.
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Photo 7.
Nelson Creek Mainstem (Reach N3) as it passes through residential yards. Channel banks are landscaped into vertical rock walls. Riparian cover is dominantly ornamental.
Photo 8.
Nelson Creek Mainstem (Reach N3) as it passes through residential yards. Channel banks are landscaped into vertical rock walls. Riparian cover is dominantly ornamental.
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Photo 9.
Nelson Creek Mainstem at upper end of Reach N3. Several very large cow-parsnip (or giant hogweed) are shown.
Photo 10.
Diameter of cow-parsnip (or giant hogweed) leaf was approximately 60 cm.
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Photo 11.
The base of the stem of cow-parsnip (or giant hogweed) was 6 cm in diameter.
Photo 12.
Nelson Creek Mainstem upstream of Quadling Avenue (Reach N4). Here it becomes ravined and no longer runs through back yards.
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Photo 13.
Nelson Creek Mainstem in Reach N4. A steel drum has been exposed in the eroding banks of the creek.
Photo 14.
Nelson Creek Mainstem downstream of Stewart Avenue (Reach N4). A perched culvert (2.0 m high) without a pool at its base is a barrier to fish passage.
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Photo 15.
Nelson Creek Mainstem downstream of Madore Avenue (Reach N4). The creek passes through a perched culvert (1.0 m high) and collects in a 1.3 m deep pool. The pool does not extend to base of culvert.
Photo 16.
Upstream of the natural Nelson Creek Mainstem channel at a cul-de-sac near Charland Avenue (Reach N4).
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Photo 17.
Nelson Creek Tributary (Reach T2) is ditched along Highway #1.
Photo 18.
Nelson Creek Tributary (Reach T3) is ditched along the south side of Lougheed Highway.
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Photo 19.
Nelson Creek Tributary (Reach T4) is ditched along the north side of Lougheed Highway.
Photo 20.
Nelson Creek Tributary (Reach T4) as a channelized swale without canopy cover along the east side of Mackin Park (August 20, 2008).
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Photo 21.
Nelson Creek Tributary (ReachT4) where riparian canopy is most prevalent (August 20, 2008).
Photo 22.
Cutthroat trout trapped in N2 of Nelson Creek, downstream of the barriers at Brunette Avenue.
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APPENDIX B
ANALYTICAL WATER QUALITY RESULTS
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ALS LABORATORY GROUP ANALYTICAL REPORT Sample ID Description Sampled Date Sampled Time Client ID Grouping
