Shuswap Falls Hatchery

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• About us
• Visiting the hatchery
• Key activities
• Local fishing and community involvement
• When can I see salmon?

About us

Shuswap Falls Hatchery produces Chinook juveniles from the Middle and Lower Shuswap Rivers, and Sockeye Juveniles from the Bowron, Taseko and Early Stuart Sockeye runs. Eggs are incubated from August through January and ponded throughout early Spring each year. All stocks are released in their natal streams as fry through April and May each year, where they will begin their migration down the Fraser into the Strait of Georgia.

Visiting the hatchery

Directions

Head North from Lumby, BC on Mabel Lake Road for 15 km and turn left onto Shuswap Falls Road. The site is approximately 2 km from the turn-off.

Tours

Shuswap Falls is a small site with limited staff available to give tours, so please contact the site to pre-arrange tours. Public washrooms are available. To protect fish health, please obey all signs. Tours are not conducted June through August as there are no fish on site.

Key activities

• Stock conservation
• Stock assessment
• Coded wire tagging

Local fishing and community involvement

• Freshwater: Region 3 - Thompson-Nicola
• Community Projects: North Okanagan, Central Interior

When can I see salmon?