Something fishy is going on Sunday in Coquitlam — and you can be part of it.
Join the Hoy-Scott Watershed Society on May 7 for Salmon Leave Home at the Hoy Creek Hatchery.
The event provides the community the opportunity to help release coho smolts into Hoy Creek. The salmon are approximately 17 months old and can range in length from four to eight inches. Since their incubation, they have been living in a freshwater stream environment at hatchery.
The annual fish release takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — rain or shine — with society volunteers netting the fish from the rearing pond and placing them in buckets; children will then carry the buckets a short distance to the creek to release the salmon. From there, the smolts begin their journey to the sea via Hoy Creek, then Scott Creek, the Coquitlam River, the Fraser and, finally, the Strait of Georgia. This free family event will also offer educational activities.
The Hoy Creek Hatchery is located on Hoy Creek Trail, west of the City Centre Aquatic Complex. To find the exact location, Google “Hoy Creek Hatchery.”
For more information, visit www.hoyscottcreeks.org or hoyscottcreek on Facebook.
