Morrison Creek is an ecologically important stream flowing into
the Puntledge River at Puntledge Park in Courtenay BC on Vancouver
Island. Cool, clean, year-round stream flows from springs in the
headwaters make this little stream an excellent home to coho, pink,
and chum salmon, as well as cutthroat and rainbow trout.
Furthermore, Morrison Creek is the only place in the world where
the Morrison Creek Lamprey can be found
There are three reported lamprey species found in the Morrison
Creek Watershed; Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata), the Western
brook lamprey (L.richardsoni) and the Morrison Creek Lamprey
(L.richardsoni variety marifuga).
The Morrison Creek Lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni var. marifuga)
is a rare form of the widely distributed Western Brook Lamprey.
This particular species lives exclusively in Morrison Creek - a
tributary to the Puntledge River in Courtenay BC on Vancouver
Island - it is found nowhere else in the world!