Parents and kids welcome! Every year in June the Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club has an Open House at the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery in Crippen Park on Bowen Island. This is a very special event for Bowen Island children
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Coho Bon Voyage – Sunday June 12th, 2022, 11 am – 2 pm
Parents and kids welcome! Every year in June (except the last two!) the Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club has an Open House at the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery in Crippen Park on Bowen Island. This is a very special event
Keeping Hatchery Volunteers Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic – 2020 Coho Bon Voyage Cancelled
The Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club (BIFWC) manages the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery located in Crippen Park under the supervision of Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO). We received 100,000 pink salmon eggs last November,
Happy Holiday Update – December 2019
BIFWC volunteers have been busy over the last year. With the help of our partners Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO), the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Metro Vancouver Parks, the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, and Bowen Island
Coho Bon Voyage – Sunday June 9th, 2019, 11 am – 2 pm
Parents and kids welcome! Every year in June the Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club has an Open House at the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery in Crippen Park on Bowen Island. This is a very special event for Bowen Island children
Excitement at Coho Bon Voyage
Terminal Creek was abuzz with activity as the Bowen community released the last of this season's salmon fry
Written by Tim Pardee for the Bowen Island Undercurrent June 7, 2018
The excitement of children seeing the wonders of nature at Coho Bon Voyage on Sunday was infectious. Everybody attending, Bowen community members and visitors from the mainland alike, could feel their vibrant energy.
Coho coming after big chum returns
Written by Tim Pardee for the Bowen Island Undercurrent
November 29, 2016
As this year’s incredible chum spawner return becomes a fond memory, we realize that all good things must come to an end. But wait, here come the coho!
Chum
The best return of chum in years, says Pardee
from Bowen Island Undercurrent
NOVEMBER 5, 2016
Chum salmon returning to the Bowen Island Lagoon have attracted crowds this past week. One on-looker described salmon watching as being akin to watching professional sports, “You
Strong return of Chum spawners to Bowen’s Lagoon
Written by Meribeth Deen for the Bowen Island Undercurrent
October 21, 2016
The call came in on Tuesday evening: adult chum were spotted swimming up the fish ladder and into Bowen’s fresh water lagoon. Tim Pardee sent out an email
Alexandra Morton Expedition to the Discovery Islands
One of the strongest advocates for wild salmon, and an opponent of salmon farming on the West Coast, is Alexandra Morton. You’ll find her sampling expedition last weekend interesting. If you wish to see more of her studies and