Module 1

Wooden's River Watershed Environmental Organization
Summer 2000 Monitoring Program Survey Data
Module 1

Stream	Code	Date	Start Point	End Point	Distance	Landmark	Dimensions	Other Noteable Features/Comments
					(m)		(m)

Five Island Lake Run	A	7/7/00 & 7/8/00	Tree @ mouth of	Tree @ Five Island	58	Road Bridge on Oak Ridge Rd.	L= 7.44	Minor garbage such as beer & pop bottles
			river @ Hubley	Lake			W=2.52	Possible log placement at top, instream
			Big Lake				H=1.6
Direction: #3 highway to 3 Brooks subdivision					874.9	Large rock	L=2
3 Brooks Drive & right onto							W=2
Oak Ridge Drive to second bridge.							H=3
					1012.8	Foot bridge	L=8.2
							W=1.6
							H=1.3
					1117.1	Culvert on Granite Cove Dr.	L=15.4
							W=6.1
							H=4.0
					1140.8	Foot bridge	L=9.1
							W=0.5
							H=1.3
					1232.9	End point at Five Island Lake


Flake Brook	B	7/10/00	Rock on right side	Rock on right side of	137.2	Foot Bridge	L= 7.3	Downstream the river was slow flowing, silty
			of river @ mouth	river @ mouth of			W=1.2	with no riffles, only runs and pools. Upstream
			Hubley Big Lake	Birch Hill Lake			H=1.5	has more riffles as slope increases.
					446.5	Dam in the river
Directions: End of paved road(?)					489.5	Small dam in the river		Riparian zone alternates between woody
in 3 Brooks Subdivision					695.8	Bottom of 1st and only riffle		areas and bushy fields. The bushy fields had
					729.8	Little dam		small ditches perpendicular to stream a few
					797.6	Broken bridge		metres in length
					1237.9	End point at Birch Hill lake


Stream Between	C	7/18/00	Large rock at Five	Mouth of river at	36.6	Starts to braid		This river contained much more gravel than
Frederick Lake and			Island Lake	Frederick Lake	381.5	Campsite		the previous rivers.
Five Island Lake					751.7	Footbridge (bundle of logs)	L= 5.5	There is more human impact due to levels of
							W=0.68	garbage such as plastic, lumber, and bottles
							H=1.6	and also due to some land clearing down to
Directions: #3 highway, Lake of the Woods, right					864.1	mouth of skinny pond in river		The campsite is on a small island between
Five Island lake Dr, left Kenley's Dr.					1179.6	gravelly top of pond		braids. It has a tarp over some logs as a tent
& right Hawkin's Dr. ~300m is a					1239.4	fish jump?		and a clothesline and old lumber. In the pool
trail to log bridge, 751.7m upstream of					1353.7	End point at Frederick Lake		is an anchored lattice sheet in the centre.
startpoint. (accessed off Five Island
Lake Dr. at the private beach.)


Stream Between	D	7/19/00	Sheldrake Lake on	Mouth of river at Five	0	Culvert under #3 highway	L=14.1	This stream is very flat, consisting of runs
Sheldrake Lake and			upstream side of	Island Lake			W=1.6	and pools. Streambed is mainly boulders and
Five Island Lake			culvert (ribbon on				H=1.5	mud that had an anoxic H2S smell.
			tree)		51.2	Landbridge	L=8.9	There is very little canopy and riparian zone
							W=2.5	due to the road along the stream; what is there
Directions: #3 Highway at Sheldrake Lake							H=1.65	is mainly bushes with few trees
					69	Dam		This is a partial dam consisting of wood,
					93.9	Train bridge	L=4.0	branches and plastic
							W=3.4
							H=1.95
					149.6	Culvert under Sam's Lane	L=6.2	There are two metal culverts under the road
							2 x 0.96 Diam.
					491.1	Property with scrap piles on right		Small pile of shingles, lumber, metal, old cars
					590.6	Grassed in ATV? Trail
					855	Water pump in small side channel		The screen on the pump should be smaller;
					957.2	Motor boat on a launch		it may pose threat to fish
					966.3	Endpoint at Five Island Lake		Note: we inadvertently started at the upstream
								end of the river


Stream Between	E	7/24/00	Top of Middle	Pond just below	593.6	Bridge on main trail	L=7.4	The river bed is mostly bouldery with some
Hubley Big Lake and			Mink Hole	Hubley Big Lake			W=4.65	gravel and pebbles. Except for the bridge,
Long Lake							H=2.85	this river has minimal impact. It is well
					776.9	Small pond with feeder channel		vegetated in the riparian zone and has good
Directions: Start at trail at Flake brook in 3					878.8	Endpoint		overhead canopy.
Brooks subdivision, Hubley trail.								The feeder channel at the top that goes into
It meets Joshua Slocum trail,								the small pond is 28.8m long and is spring fed
follow for 300m, left to Jimmy's
Roundtop for 2.6km, trail crosses
the bridge.


Birch Hill Brook	F	7/25/00	Birch Hill Lake	Marsh at the top of	44.5	Where we caught Brook Trout		This is an unmapped, spring fed brook that
				the watershed	98.1	Split - Right channel 4.4m long		runs into the top of Birch Hill lake.
					159.2	Centre of cleared path		At about 150m the stream gets less bouldery
					178.6	Old Bridge (mossed over now)	L= 1.7	and gravelly and more muddy as it gets closer
Directions: #3 highway Joshua Slocum rd.					331.4	Approx. Endpoint in marsh area		to the marsh.
by Lewis Lake. About 6-9 houses								The cleared path was about 6m wide and went
on left through private property a								to the lake at one end. Other end unknown
trail to the brook


Stream Between	G	7/26/00	Tree @ mouth of	Black Point Lake	155.2	Small waterfall		The river starts as a run for about 133m where
Black Point lake			river on right		171.9	Footbridge	L=4.0	the slope starts to increase.
and Frederick Lake			side at Frederick				W=0.9	It is boulder and cobble based with good
			Lake				H=0.9	overhead canopy and vegetation.
					272.3	Endpoint
Directions: #3 highway, Lake of the Woods,
subdivision about 2km down main
road to a trail on the left side that
leads to the stream


Wooden's River	H	8/1/00	Downstream end	Arnold's Little Lake	0	Bridge	L=12.4	This river had several pieces of garbage in it
			Bridge on 333	(Dolly's Pond)			W=5.95	such as metal pipes and sheets, plastic and
			highway				H=5.25	bottles and a car battery. It has low overhead
Directions: #333 highway in Seabright where					92.3	Old bridge foundation		canopy and is low in vegetation on the right
the main road crosses over						made of rock walls		side due to the road.
Wooden's River					113.7	Dam (wood &brush); not impeding flow
					235.9	Fire Dept. water outlet		Saw an amount of tar dripping off of the bridge
					419.2	Endpoint		into the river


Wooden's River	I	8/1/00	Tree on central	Old Mill Pond	15.5	Steel Cable accross Stream		Steel is 1/2in thick wrapped around 3 trees
			braid at top of		54.6	log dam		about 20m apart.
			Dolly's pond		378.1	big log jam		The river is really braided and bouldery with
					829.3	Bridge	L=17.0	lots of wooded debris and uprooted trees and
Directions: #333 highway to Seabright, left							W=2.2	rooted cutbanks. Measured central braid.
Wooden's River rd. & go to the							H=1.4	Looks like there is/was logging along the right
top of Dolly's Pond					829.3	Endpoint at Old Mill Pond		side; there are lots of logs in the river


Wooden's River	J	8/9/00	Tree @ start of	Albert Bridge Lake
			river @ Old Mill		210.3	Skidder trail across river		The river at the skidder trail is filled in with
			Pond		305.5	Pool with a braid		boulders 3/4 of the way across and about
Directions: Up Wooden's River road to top of					351	Footbridge and	L=19.5	3m wide.
Albert Bridge Lake						Endpoint	W=1.9	Further upstream is a trail to a camp with two


Stream between	K	8/15/00	At Millyard Lake	At pond below Gates	135	clear cut on right side
Gates Lake and			right side, ribbon	Lake	158.1	~4 trees & logs across stream
Millyard Lake			big fir tree ~5m		182	log acting like digger log
			from lake.		328.9	two steel I-beams	L=10.8	road to bridge is boulders
						21.5 m from main trail	H=1.4	filled in with sandy mud
							W=2.4	that is washing into river
					410.9	broken siltation screen along	L=10	7m to inlet and 15.5 to main stream
						main road, pegs fell over.
					482.8	steep slope into the river.	L=6
					572.8	start of clearing for camp
						~ 25 m upstream
					573	stand at top of riffle or bottom
						of pool
					593.5	bridge to camp, locked steel	L=11.9
						gate	W=1.5
							H=1.7
					660.4	End point at pond below gates
						lake


Run between	L	8/15/00	Start at Gates Lake	Croucher Lake, where	13.1	small brook/braid on right side		Stream deep at start, slow run to log, where
Crouchers Lake &			Ribbon fir tree on	riffle stops, ribbon on	123.5	log over river, by camp		slope rises; riffle to lake. At top right of stream,
Gates Lake			left	tree on left side	145.6	End pt. At Croucher Lake		camp, ~15m from shore, and some canoes.


Run between	M	8/22/00	Start at Crouchers lake	Long Lake, at tree on	205.3	small pool with large (8 inches) brook trout		At the downstream section of this stream was
Long Lake &			at Inlet ribon on small	left hand side of river	538.2	potential log jam, upstream river looks more		very very bouldery and slow and very wide with
Crouchers Lake			tree next to large rock			normal, not as boulder based and braided		sections of high grasses. The upstream side of
			in small pool on left			as it was downstream, channal width decreases		the river was more riffles and had a very large
						~ by half as compared to downstream		waterfall and a bedrock fall. There was a lot of
					776.9	water falls	H = 1.6	large fish and was probably one of the leastt
					952.4	tributary (3.9pH) extending off of left hand		impacted streams. On an earlier visit, many dead
						side of river		minnows (possibly gasperau) were observed ~
					1182.9	cabin on right		20m upstream from where brook trout were
					1203.9	river running over bedrock		observed. Heavily braided at bottom of stream.
					1325.3	log bridge above stream with cable wire	diam =30cm	Tributary was narrow and dark yellow water with
					1393.3	end point at long lake		a very low pH (3.9)

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Last Updated on 9/20/00
By Bill Matheson
Email: bill.matheson@dal.ca