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Gain Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Gain Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Gain Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Gain Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Gain Creek
Location of the mouth of Gain Creek
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Capital Regional District
Physical characteristics
Main source unnamed confluence
San Juan Ridge
637 m (2,090 ft)
48°32′42″N 124°10′14″W / 48.54500°N 124.17056°W / 48.54500; -124.17056
River mouth Loss Creek
209 m (686 ft)
48°29′47″N 124°12′17″W / 48.49639°N 124.20472°W / 48.49639; -124.20472

Gain Creek is a stream in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Located on southern Vancouver Island, it flows from its source to its mouth as a right tributary of Loss Creek.

Course

Gain Creek begins at an unnamed confluence on the south slope of the San Juan Ridge at an elevation of 637 metres (2,090 ft). It flows southwest, and reaches its mouth as a right tributary of Loss Creek at an elevation of 209 metres (686 ft), south east of the settlement of Port Renfrew. Loss Creek flows to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific Ocean.

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