Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
49.1891° N, 116.6377° W
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, British Columbia. 49.1891° N, 116.6377° W
Wildlife management area, 69 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/creston-valley-wildlife-management-area/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area is a 69 km² wildlife management area 1 km northwest of Wynndel, in British Columbia. It was established in 1996.
4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Kootenay Lake (422 km²).
- Area
- 69 km²
- Established
- 1996
- Named lakes
- 4
Conditions today
14.8 °C
Observed at Creston, as of 11:00 p.m. MST
Tonight: Clear. Low 8.
Weather: Creston (local forecast), as of 11:02 p.m. MST
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:25 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:57 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:10 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:41 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 4:40 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:13 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 4% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kootenay Lake | 422 km² |
| 2 | Duck Lake | 12.1 km² |
| 3 | Leach Lake | 3.15 km² |
| 4 | Six Mile Slough | 0.15 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Wildlife management area
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Government of British Columbia
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