[nk-]

hi. i plan on going to watch the salmon swimming upstream tomorrow, but i have no idea where is the location for viewing is, if anybody knows that would be great.

TIA

[TRDood]

Isnt there a muesem place in north van where you can pay and see it?
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[MWR34]

hi. i plan on going to watch the salmon swimming upstream tomorrow, but i have no idea where is the location for viewing is, if anybody knows that would be great.

TIA

go to tsawassen, take the shwartz bay ferry. drive up the malahat and pull over where you see dozens of cars off the hwy.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Malahat,+British+Columbia&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=27.31016,86.572266&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Malahat,+Cowichan+Valley+Regional+District,+ British+Columbia&ll=48.478131,-123.548788&spn=0.09923,0.676346&t=h&z=11&layer=c&cbll=48.478131,-123.548788&panoid=Yw7ITQ-YJ_8Je909klabtw&cbp=12,41.66,,0,1.35

[hchang]

I drove up to Adams River by Kamloops two weeks ago to see it.

Totally worth it.

http://www.salmonsociety.com/
http://www.tourismkamloops.com/home_showSection_ID_413.html

[Senna4ever]

hi. i plan on going to watch the salmon swimming upstream tomorrow, but i have no idea where is the location for viewing is, if anybody knows that would be great.

TIA

The Adam's River run is one of the best in the world.
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[Senna4ever]

Isnt there a muesem place in north van where you can pay and see it?
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Capilano Salmon Hatchery?
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[MG1]

Don't they have something up in Hell's Gate?

[keitaro]

I think one of the better viewable spawning channels in the lower mainland, is at Weaver Creek. It's just west of Harrison.

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sep-pmvs/projects-projets/weaver/weaver-eng.htm

A few years back, the channel was full of spawning salmon. The facility is larger than the one at Capilano. I still think Adams river is better, but Weaver Creek is closer.

[PDA_86]

I went to the Adams River too. My dad kept trying to scare me that there are bears around hunting for food, but later on, some old folks told me that those fish are not edible.

You could see how tired the fish are swimming upstream. I was able to even lift one up from the water without it panicking.

[Domani]

went to Weaver creek last week.... lots of salmon... go early or else u'll be fighting for parking.....

[StylinRed]

how do you get to this Adam's River? (i've no clue) :/

[MG1]

Adams River is by Kamloops, around Salmon Arm/Chase area. It's been a while since I took the kids up there about 10 years ago?

Google Salmon Arm.

[StylinRed]

woah all the way in Salmon Arm

bah

[carisear]

was just at weaver creek this morning. soooooooooo many cars. as a side note, 99.99% of the people were all chinese. dunno why.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs264.snc4/39539_492058153416_515628416_6991233_3287336_n.jpg

as my friend said, i need to caption this "Fuck this shit, i'm outta here!"

[MG1]

as a side note, 99.99% of the people were all chinese. dunno why.

Cheap thrills.........

[Not really racist!]

Cheap thrills.........

:lol

[oldsnail]

they havent started swimming yet, but goldstream park on van island is probably the best place.

as one of the posters mentioned, it is off the malahat. i was there yesturday.. and no fishies yet

[Mercy]

Lots of places are good. When I was younger I'd always go fishing up at Squamish and see bountyfulls of salmon running.
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[tiger_handheld]

can someone tell me why this event so popular?

One of my coworkers took of early on a friday to drive upto adams river - he could not tell me why it was so special...

[hchang]

can someone tell me why this event so popular?

One of my coworkers took of early on a friday to drive upto adams river - he could not tell me why it was so special...

Different people find different things amusing.

That's like asking Why do some people like to be choked before reaching an orgasm?

I've no fucking clue as to why they do it but it must bring excitement, pleasure, fun and amusement, which is what some people experience by going to the spawning channels.

While spawning happens every year, the numbers reaches its peak every 4 years, and this year is the 4th year in the cycle. It's said that the numbers this year is greater than a lot of the previous peak years. That's probably the reason why there's such a big hype this year.

Personally, I stopped by because I find a lot of aspects of nature interesting. Plus, it's nice to get out of the city every now and then.

Have you also considered that maybe your coworker was lying just to skip out on a couple hours of work? :lol

[thebigbea55]

i was at weaver creek last week but everyone saying adams river is the place to go.. anyone know if there are any tours going up there? like a 1 day thing..

[Boostslut]

Wow i wish i was around to see this. Looks like i'll have to go next year. I'm sure its always awesome to see! Thanks for all the info! Post more pics if possible! Thanks!

[Berzerker]

Wow i wish i was around to see this. Looks like i'll have to go next year. I'm sure its always awesome to see! Thanks for all the info! Post more pics if possible! Thanks!

Um the coho run is just starting bud lol.

Berz out.

[shenmecar]

does it stink around those areas? friend said it does cuz a lot of fish die and rot.

[PiuYi]

when do the runs end? would early nov be too late to watch?

and is it unhealthy to bring home a freshly dead salmon home to eat?

[Senna4ever]

Um the coho run is just starting bud lol.

Berz out.
Yes, but as he lives in Australia, it's kinda hard for him to go see it easily. :p

[PDA_86]

when do the runs end? would early nov be too late to watch?

and is it unhealthy to bring home a freshly dead salmon home to eat?

From what I heard, usually the great salmon run kinda dies away as October ends.

And the fish are not edible. The dead ones around would usually be feasted by flies or pecked by birds.

The live ones are said to have built up a lot of toxin in the body due to the excess strength to swim upstream. You can visually see the fish's life by looking at it's color in the body. It kinda goes from pinkish, and then red, and when it dies, becoming white.

[PDA_86]

Different people find different things amusing.

That's like asking Why do some people like to be choked before reaching an orgasm?

I've no fucking clue as to why they do it but it must bring excitement, pleasure, fun and amusement, which is what some people experience by going to the spawning channels.

While spawning happens every year, the numbers reaches its peak every 4 years, and this year is the 4th year in the cycle. It's said that the numbers this year is greater than a lot of the previous peak years. That's probably the reason why there's such a big hype this year.

Personally, I stopped by because I find a lot of aspects of nature interesting. Plus, it's nice to get out of the city every now and then.

Have you also considered that maybe your coworker was lying just to skip out on a couple hours of work? :lol

+1

To be honest, I didn't even quite care about the salmon run, but it's just looking at a river really calms any person down from stress. It was also an excuse to take a day off work, spend time with family and have a new topic to talk around town.

[Brianrietta]

Not only do I have a gigantic boner for any nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough, but this one was even better for having been basically in our backyard. If the BBC had to only do two things ever again, let those two be nature documentaries and Top Gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH67xpfKDs

5 parts, well worth the watch. Some GORGEOUS shots of bears and eagles catching salmon.

[MG1]

^^^ Our back yard - nothing like it anywhere in the world.

We truly are lucky to call this our home. It's why people flock to this part of the world. We just have to keep it clean and keep others from destroying it.

[Soundy]

Your back yard... my front yard growing up :) BC has samples of nearly every type of terrain, climate and environment on earth, from tundra to desert.

[MG1]

and the water, my god, it is the best there is...............

For those who complain about our high taxes, our high housing prices, etc. GTFO. Go back to your sub zero Edmonton streets, your acid rain covered city of Toronto, your polluted streets of......... nuff said.

[wasabisashimi]

Not only do I have a gigantic boner for any nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough, but this one was even better for having been basically in our backyard. If the BBC had to only do two things ever again, let those two be nature documentaries and Top Gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH67xpfKDs

5 parts, well worth the watch. Some GORGEOUS shots of bears and eagles catching salmon.

I dont understand why BBC "life" series has Operah as narrator. I dont get a boner with her voice, david attenborough is so much better as a narrator.

[PinoyDrifta]

Salmon Run ussually starts as early as July maybe even before and last all the way till end of november. They start in the pacific ocean and run thru the fraser river as its main hwy from the pacific they run into different tributaries all across bc some on the island and up the fraser river to Harrison River To the Vedder/Chilliwack River and others along the way. they are basically running to where they were born so they can lay their eggs and the males to drop their sperm and make more salmon then they die. Their body colors change from silver to what ever spawning colors.

Every odd year the pink salmon comes thru u can see them jump and come up in schools here locally in Richmond. that is why every fall the rivers and streams are packed shoulder to shoulder from people coming up here to fish them.

I fish for salmon and its more for the fight of the fish rather than take it home to eat.
Yes of course i will take one home @ the end of the day but it has the a nice silver one wether it be a Spring/Chinook Salmon, a coho or a chum but it has to be silver then if it aint the meat taste like shit!!!

[sonick]

I dont understand why BBC "life" series has Operah as narrator. I dont get a boner with her voice, david attenborough is so much better as a narrator.

+1. David Attenborough's voice = guaranteed boner for me.

[hoking]

any driving directions for adams river? or is it inside Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park?