Total Drainage Area: km2
Length: 1 km
Orientation: Northeast to southwest
Elevation Range: 250 to 480 m
Average Channel width: 3 m
Characteristics
Dyer Creek starts on the east side of Grouse Mountain and flows south and then southwest through the forested slopes of lower Grouse Mountain. Dyer flows through a culvert beneath East Braemar Road and flows into the pond just south of East Braemar Road joining Hastings Creek. Dyer is a small tributary of Hastings Creek
Although impacted by logging early in the early 1900’s, the Dyer Creek watershed is mostly natural second-growth forest. Only the lower reach around East Braemar Road has been developed
Watershed Use
Fish: Cutthroat Trout
Wildlife: Various species including raccoons, mink, river otters, black bears, Belted Kingfishers, Dippers, Great Blue Herons, Common Mergansers, Harlequin Ducks, and Swallows (Tera Environmental Consultants Ltd.)
Vegetation: Coastal Western Hemlock, dry subzone
Trails: Activities include hiking and mountain biking
Powerlines at Braemar Road
Concerns
Trail at top of bank right of Dyer Creek appears heavily used by mountain bikers