The Weaver Creek Spawning Channel is a busy place – for salmon and people! Built in 1965 as an extension to the existing Weaver Creek enabling more salmon to spawn naturally than in the creek alone, the Spawning Channel provides additional spawning habitat for salmon. In this 3 km long channel sockeye, chum and pink salmon deposit thousands of fertilized eggs naturally. Depending on the salmon cycle sockeye and chum will proliferate one year and pinks the other. The channel holds approximately 45,000 spawning adults with recent returns to the system ranging from 1,000 – 100,000 adults. The spawning channel also provides a stable flow of clean water for the salmon eggs and alevins in the gravel and is protected from flooding and/or freezing that could kill eggs and alevins.
Location
Located in Harrison Mills, off Lougheed Highway (Hwy 7). Approximately 32 kms from Harrison Hot Springs, 43 kms from Mission, and 28 kms from Agassiz.
Tours
All tours are self-guided. There is a picnic area, public parking and portable toilets on site.
Key activities
- Fish production to support sustainable fisheries
- Stock conservation
- Stewardship and education
- Stock assessment
- Indigenous partnerships
- Water management
