Montague Creek Falls are located just before the creek flows into the Eve River. The waterfall is reached via a short hike up an old road. You access this from the Eve River road, just past the bridge and walk upstream from the bridge where the creek runs under the road.
Montague Creek Falls are located just before the creek flows into the Eve River. The waterfall is reached via a short hike up an old road. You access this from the Eve River road, just past the bridge and walk upstream from the bridge where the creek runs under the road.
After the falls, the creek continues down under the Eve River Road. There is an awesome campsite here with room for one group. This is a really pretty site with the Eves River on one side and Montague Creek on the other. The fishing is good in the Eve form here, and there are big fish, including bull trout, that can be angled here.
The steelhead society’s habitat restoration corporation has done some incredible work in both the Eve River, Adam River and the Montague Creek, as well as in Kunnum and Tlatlos Creek, all of which are tributaries of the Eve/Adam rivers.
Much of this work was done in the side channels and small creeks where logs and other woody debris were placed. This was done to provide cover and more stable river areas that usually see less flooding damage. This work must continue for the health of the steelhead, salmon, and sea-run dolly varden eggs and the Juveniles who spend up to several years in the stream before heading out to sea.
Logging has been a major contributor to the lack of rearing and overwintering areas for these juveniles. Many places in the system have been clear-cut to the river’s edge, and this has resulted in heavy flooding, increased sediments in the spawning beds, and a decrease in good fish habitat.
Logging continues to be the most serious concern for steelhead habitat protection in the Adam, Eve, and the small creeks like Montague Creek. More needs to be done to improve logging techniques that will create less damage, not just in these rivers, but all the rivers of Vancouver Island. We need logging, but there is no reason we can not do a better job at protecting rivers, wildlife habitats, and sensitive areas.