Salmon in the City

I have a doctor in Port Coquitlam, whom I see on a weekly basis.  While I am at my appt, Brian goes exploring.  Until this last week his favourite new discovery has been Summit Tools - I will write about this in another blog.

This week was a surprise for me!  We had Daisy (our dog) with us so Brian took her for a walk.  When I was done, Brian wanted to show me what he had discovered so off they went. We went across the street to Lions's Park and we walked across a small field, down a rocky path that was maybe 25 ft in length, and ended up on the edge of a very shallow Coqutilam River.  We were treated to the spectacular site of salmon going upstream to spawn.  I had seen this before when we lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands,  but Brian had never seen it, and he was so excited!

The beauty of that day stays with me - a beautiful river right in the middle of a high density urban area was full of salmon. I love that!

Here is the video...