Some residents of B.C.'s West Kootenay region say they're worried about water levels in the Arrow Lakes amid a historic drought and high temperatures that triggered an early snowpack melt.

People using the Arrow Lakes for swimming, boating and fishing this summer will have to put up with lower-than-normal water levels for the rest of the season, say B.C. Hydro officials.

Victoria Youmans of Nakusp, B.C., who helps run the Slow the Flow of Arrow Lakes Facebook group, says she's worried about whether Kokanee salmon — which spawn in the lakes and nearby tributaries — can ...