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Midge Creek Wildlife Management Area

49.4467° N, 116.9064° W

Midge Creek Wildlife Management Area, British Columbia. 49.4467° N, 116.9064° W

Wildlife management area, 148 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/midge-creek-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.
  • 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).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Midge Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 148 km² wildlife management area 4.1 km west of Boswell, in British Columbia. It was established in 1998.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Kootenay Lake (422 km²).

Area
148 km²
Established
1998
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

11 °C

Wind SSW 2 km/h

Observed at Nelson, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: Clear. Increasing cloudiness after midnight. Low 7.

Weather: Nelson (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:27 a.m.
Sunrise
6:59 a.m.
Sunset
6:08 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:40 p.m.
Moonrise
5:58 a.m.
Moonset
5:29 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Castlegar, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

In the park

FeatureArea
1Kootenay Lake422 km²

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