Location

3.5 Oak Bay High

Bowker Creek

Bowker Creek in British Columbia

Dataset summary

3.5 Oak Bay High has data for clarity, ph, oxygen, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, air_temperature, water_temperature, phosphates, secchi_depth, current_weather, odour, algae, colour, on_the_water_s_surface, water_level, previous_weather, pollution_sources, nitrate_nitrogen, previous_weather_description, current_weather_description, total_coliform, e_coli, flow, and water_depth from 16 November 2021 to 4 November 2025.

Observations

  • 22 October 2025

    Sonja Evans

    A muddy discharge was coming out of a drain pipe in the south wall emptying into the creek at this site. The creek was clear except where the mud trailled into the creek. Half an hour later it was reported that the creek was muddy colour even all the way up stream from Foul Bay Road down.

  • 14 September 2025

    val aloian

    New spot 30 feet upstream from typical 3.5 test sight. Easier to access less damaging to plantings. No suds here. Gently flowing.

  • 7 September 2025

    val aloian

    Creek barely flowing. Very still Oxymeter indicates err message.

  • 13 July 2025

    val aloian

    Li and I took these samples 30feet upstream of 3.5 site about 5 days after fuel spill.

  • 7 July 2025

    val aloian

    This sample taken day before July 8 oil spill occurred.

  • 26 April 2025

    val aloian

    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

  • 20 March 2025

    val aloian

    Frances tested oak bay Highschool site alone.

  • 21 February 2025

    Sonja Evans

    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.

Location description
The restored meander between Oak Bay High School and the recreation center’s running track