Bowker Creek
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The restored meander between Oak Bay High School and the recreation center’s running track
Location created by
Eldan Goldenberg
- Group: Friends of Bowker Creek : Salmon Recovery
- Site ID: 3.5
- Lat: 48.4309023
- Lng: -123.3178609
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: Canada/Pacific
Latest photos
New spot 30 feet upstream from typical 3.5 test sight. Easier to access less damaging to plantings. No suds here. Gently flowing.
Creek barely flowing. Very still
Oxymeter indicates err message.
Li and I took these samples 30feet upstream of 3.5 site about 5 days after fuel spill.
This sample taken day before July 8 oil spill occurred.
Nitrate level 0 at this site. Is the outfall between 3.5 and sites 3.4 and 1.3 the reason?
Using 8 drops with new Ph kit as per instructions
Frances tested oak bay Highschool site alone.
Eldan manually transferred this observation on 2025-02-23 from one that had previously been wrongly submitted as the Duck Ponds. The photos confirm that Oak Bay High is the correct location for this one.
Clear gently flowing
Phosphate very high 20 first reading
Repeat test yielded lower reading at 5
Clear water.