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Hoy/Scott salmon on their way home

Sunday, Oct. 25 event at Coquitlam hatchery will welcome salmon, educate children and families about the life cycle
Hoy/Scott Creek Watershed Societ
The Hoy/Scott Creek Watershed Society will celebrate Salmon Come Home, an annual festival that welcomes young and old alike to learn about the salmon life cycle and how these iconic fish benefit the Tri-City environment.

Last Wednesday the creek was sun dappled and fish free, with golden leaves dropping into a pond near the Hoy Creek Fish Hatchery.

But with the return of the rain this week, dozens of fat, jagged tooth chum salmon will be skittering upstream to spawn and that's when Coquitlam and the Hoy/Scott Creek Watershed Society will celebrate Salmon Come Home.

This is an annual festival that welcomes young and old alike to learn about the salmon life cycle and how these iconic fish benefit the Tri-City environment.

The event will take place Sunday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature educational demonstrations and displays from numerous groups.

PARTICIPATING GROUPS

Among the groups participating are: Burke Mountain Naturalists, City of Coquitlam departments Bad Seed; solid waste and recycling; urban wildlife; water conservation, as well as the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable, Coquitlam Riverwatch, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, Friends of DeBoville Slough, Hoy/Scott Watershed Society, Hyde Creek Watershed Society, Kintec, Maple Creek Streamkeepers, South Coast Conservation Program, Canadian Sound Therapy Arts Society — Wild Salmon Creative Café, Vancity Pinetree Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; and the Port Moody Ecological Society.

For the kids there will be a costume parade and story telling with Angela Brown, music, children's crafts, a prize fish pond, face painting and, for the adults, the Creative Café will be serving Spirit Bear Coffee.

This free, family event runs rain or shine.

WHERE TO GO

The Hoy Creek Fish Hatchery is located in Hoy Creek Park, behind the City Centre Aquatic Complex at the corner of Pinetree and Guildford Way. There will be free parking available at Coquitlam city hall, Pinetree Community Centre and Douglas College.

STAY IN TOUCH
For more information, contact 604-927-3583 or cselk@coquitlam.ca. Find out more about the Hoy-Scott Watershed Society at www.hoyscottcreeks.org. To stay in touch, the event hashtag is #salmoncomehome. Also, the Hoy/Scot Creek Watershed Society is inviting people to join their Facebook event page.