![]() The festival takes place every four years during a dominant run. In the year after a dominant run, you may see 300,000 or more so it’s still not a bad time to visit.ĭuring our last trip, we witnessed the Salute to the Sockeye Festival in full gear at Tsutswecw Provincial Park. ![]() 2019, 2020, 2023, 20 are considered sub-dominant years, meaning fewer fish, however plenty of salmon can still be found if you happen to be there then.ĭuring a dominant year, it’s not uncommon for over two million Sockeye to return to the area. Since 2018 was a dominant run, 20 will be dominant years as well and would be the best years to visit. In the past few years, the event has grown and there are now many walking paths, including a few that are paved, as well as a huge paid parking area with helpers assigning spots, plenty of signs and information booths, as well as food trucks and even special events daily during the peak days. Back then, after pulling into the free small parking lot, there was only a lovely interpretive area, and a few paths to watch from, but we were largely on our own, even considering that it was a dominant year that year. The first year we saw the salmon run, back in 2010, it took a bit of research to find the park and even more to find information about what to expect once we arrived there. You can get exact dates for best viewing times, current events and more directly from the Adams River Society. Salute to the Sockeye Festivalĭuring dominant years, the Tsútswecw Provincial Park runs a Salute to the Sockeye Festival that runs during peak salmon watching season, usually between late September and late October. She doesn’t look impressed but she’s really just concentrating. Regardless of the name, it’s mind boggling to see the salmon struggling to make their way over 250 miles (400 kms) from the Pacific Ocean upstream, only to lay their eggs and die in the same river they were born in. ![]() It makes a great day trip for us and a great excuse to be outdoors.įormerly known as Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, this British Columbia park has now been renamed Tsutswecw Provincial Park (pronounced choo-chwek) in honor of the original aboriginal name the area was once known as. Lucky for us, the Tsutswecw Provincial Park (where the Sockeye salmon Run takes place), is less than a two hour’s drive away from our home base in Kelowna. Tsutswecw Provincial Park (formally Roderick Haig-Brown)Įvery year we visit, we’re wowed by the beautiful surroundings the park, and the spectacle of watching millions of Sockeye Salmon return to their historical spawning beds in the Adams River. 2018 was the last dominant year and the next will be 2022. Still not sure? Well the Adams River not only has one of the largest sockeye salmon runs in North America, but if you show up in a dominant year, chances are you will see thousands of brightly colored salmon only a few feet from you.Įvery fourth year is considered a dominant salmon run, which means that there are more salmon running in the river, and more people coming to watch. ![]() You can find this famous salmon migration event happening around four and a half hours east of Vancouver just off the TransCanada Highway 1, right before the small city of Salmon Arm in late September and October every year.
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