Characteristics

• Hastings Creek is one of the six tributaries of Lynn Creek.
• Originates on the east slope of Grouse Mountain. Thames Creek is the main tributary.
• Status: Endangered - 21% impervious area in watershed (GVRD, 1999).

Watershed Use

• Vegetation / Fish / Wildlife
• Parks: Hunter, Princess and Hastings Creek Parks: trails, dog-walking
• 3 current watershed licenses
• Residential                       · 4 Schools
• Commercial                      · Power line (Princess Park)

Concerns

• Water quality – Significant problems caused by urban development (FRAP).
• Loss of vegetation, and bank and slope stability leading to erosion and flooding.
• Road construction in the 1950’s created impassable culverts.
• Hastings Creek’s tributaries have been heavily culverted.
• Houses are located within creek floodplain.

Watershed Projects

• 1979 - Squaretailers Rod and Reel Club installed a fish ladder near the mouth.
• 1980 – DFO released steelhead
• 80/83 – Incubation box for coho at Lynn Valley Road.
• 91/92 - School District released coho at Roblin Place, Kirkstone Road and Hastings Creek Park.
• 1993 – North Shore Streamkeepers began work on Hastings. Installed fish ladder that allowed for the return of salmon into the mid-watershed. Other activities have included: stream bank clean-ups, storm drain marking, spawner surveys, smolt trapping, mapping, planting stream banks, and Donavon Pond restoration