Possible Effects of Water Diversions on Fish Distribution in British Columbia

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Lindsey, C. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1957
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Yukon; Pacific; Stikine; Fraser River; Liard; Stikine River; Upper Liard; Arctic grayling; Esox lucius; Liard River; Northern pike; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f57-024; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f57-024

The known distributions of freshwater fishes in drainages of the British Columbia mainland are summarized, including those of five species not previously recorded from the province. The continental divide forms a break in fish distribution; 35 of the 57 species on the Pacific slope in B.C. do not oc...