Hastings Creek Watershed Summary

Summary

Hastings Creek
Watershed
Total Drainage Area: 7.1 km²
Length: 23 km
Orientation: North-South and West-East
Elevation Range: 280-840 m
Average Channel Gradient: 11

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

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