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| Courtesy: Bruce Adair |
Bow River Shuttles writes: Although this slide show is targeted to paddlers, we thought that fly fishers might enjoy it as well. While the Stikine may not be as popular as the Skeena and some of its tribs for fly fishers, the headwaters of both rivers originate in the same area, the watersheds are adjacent to one another and both are under threat of development by the oil and gas industry.
The Sacred Headwaters is a vast alpine basin in northern British Columbia, where three of Canada’s greatest wild salmon rivers — the Skeena, Nass and Stikine — all begin their journeys to the Pacific Ocean.
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| Courtesy: Bruce Adair |
The Stikine River in northwest B.C. has two canoeing routes separated by the Grand Canyon of the Stikine.
The nearly three hundred kilometer route of the upper portion lies entirely within the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness and Stikine River Provincial Parks. From sub-alpine lakes and a small stream, the waterway quickly develops into a major river.
The region is of current interest with mining and shale gas developments underway on what is often called the Sacred Waters.
This is a journey by two tandem canoes in August of 2011.
Presented by: Bruce Adair
Date: Wed Jan 04, 2012
Time: Doors Open – 7:00 pm
Meeting/Slide Show – 7:30 pm
Place: Bow Waters Canoe Club
1975, 26 St. SE Calgary AB
Cost: Free
This video shows some of the fly fishing potential of the Stikine River
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