Happy salmon spawning season!
Chum salmon are beginning to enter local streams where they will spawn, said Mark Angelo, renowned environmentalist and Burnaby resident.
"It's always so special to see this right in the midst of our city," Angelo told the Burnaby NOW.
Angelo said a fair number of salmon are currently gathering at the outlet of Burnaby Lake.
"Over the next week or two, (they) will work their way to a number of upstream creeks including Guichon Creek, Still Creek, Eagle Creek, Beecher Creek, among others," he said.
Watch: Angelo saw this salmon jump a small waterfall at Stoney Creek.
Video: Mark Angelo/Contributed
Where to spot salmon in Burnaby
- Stoney Creek
- Cariboo Dam at the east end of Burnaby Lake
- Eagle Creek (Charles Rummel Park is a good viewing location)
- Beecher Creek
- Guichon Creek (behind the BCAA building on Willingdon Glen looking downstream is a good viewing spot)
- Still Creek (on Gilmore across from Dick's Lumber looking upstream is often a good spot)
- Buckingham Creek will often have chum return in early November (on the north side of the Deer Lake Beach parking lot).
You can also browse the Pacific Salmon Foundation's salmon spawning map for more salmon spotting locations throughout B.C.
