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
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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