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| After a cold night camping in Summerland I headed north to Enderby
where the nice folks at the Enderby Chamber of Commerce suggested I check
out the Kingfisher Environmental Interpretive Center. On the way,
I found some young people fishing for salmon in the Shuswap River.
They were hoping for Salmon but the fish won't be running for another few
weeks. The water was very cold and they weren't having much luck
but it looked like fun anyway.
The Interpretive Center is being built entirely by volunteer labor and donations. The building is partly completed and will be spectacular when finished. I met one of the volunteers, Jake Ruckaber, who was there to feed the salmon in the hatchery. The fish here are from the spring hatching and there were about 12,000 of them in the tank. These Coho Salmon will eventually be released back into the river. This project is important because in the wild only 2 out of 2,500 salmon will survive the cycle and reproduce. When hatched in places like Kingfisher, about 108 out of 2,500 will survive. If you want to become a member of the Society you can send a donation of $5.00 to Kingfisher Environmental Interpretive Center 2550 Mabel Lake Road R.R. #2, Site 14A, Comp.6 Enderby, British Columbia VOE 1VO This might make a good class project. Check it out. |
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Just north of Sicamous on Highway 1 I found the spot where on November 7, 1885, the last spike was driven that connected the 3,000 miles of steel rail that spanned Canada coast to coast. That rail line is still in use today. While I was there, a passenger train passed by. It slowed to allow the passengers to view the historic location. |
