The Fluvarium And Ladder Experience

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Just got back from a trip with the father and bro to Newfoundland, and came a cross a couple really interesting viewing opportunities.

 

The first was the Fluvarium in St. John's. 19 years ago they decided to redirect a stretch of creek in the city to pass by a series of windows in a trout interpretation centre. They have not touched it since it was built, except to clean the glass (and clearly not often enough). The results have been an incredible opportunity to view a population of resident brown trout (stocked in the late 1800s) as they go about their daily existence.

 

Watching the browns feed and interact was really fascinating, as I'm used to seeing this behaviour from above.

 

The second was a salmon ladder on the Exploits River in Grand Falls. Pretty self explanatory, but it was built by the paper company that put in the hydro dam, and the run sees annually around 30-40 thousand Atlantic salmon. There are windows into the top pool on the ladder, where the fish often stay to rest after the climb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[flyangler]

That's amazing.

[Swede]

Too cool, could see myself spending hours there.

[adams]

What a great idea! Great to see things from a fish-eye view.

 

Did the ladder allow the salmon numbers to come back to what they were before the dam?

[Hawgstoppah]

Kinda hard to get a good presentation through that glass :lol:

 

sweet pics. I love places like that.

[lorney]

Thanks for sharing. Pretty cool idea. Great way to get kids involved and teach them about our waters and fish.

[Jayhad]

wow that is super cool. what an opportunity

[Simpson]

That is wicked!! Can't wait to take a trip out east, high on my destination list. Thanks for sharing

[darrinhurst]

That's pretty slick stuff.

 

Would be amazing to just sit and watch.

[maxwell]

schweet!! i could sit there for weeks ide think!!! thanks for posting!