The Salmon are back on Bowen Island!

The Salmon are Back! Bowen Island, Howe Sound

The Salmon are back on Bowen Island!

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The 2016 Chum salmon run was a record return on Bowen Island and our community turned out to watch the spawning on what may be the shortest upstream swim for Chum to spawning beds anywhere on the BC Coast. The Chum salmon are the stars but the other wild neighbours who show up for the feast – gulls, otter, seals, dippers, mallards, and eagle – are just as much a part of the show.

Male chum salmon
A male chum salmon on the spawning beds
Dying salmon on rocks
A spawned out male
Peple watching salmon spawning
People gathered at the causeway to watch the salmon try to scale the sluice way from the ocean and into the lagoon spawning beds. Great excitement!
Sea gull eating salmon on beach
Gulls, eagles, mallards, heron, perch and dippers all gather to feast on the salmon carcasses and eggs.
People excited by salmon spawning
People are just amazed.