Our Volunteers - We can use YOUR help! Volunteer Form - No Obligation
Some recent events and pictures
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Over 2,500 hours of volunteer time are donated each year but we need more - always!
Our Society wishes to thank all of the Volunteers who have helped make Chapman Creek Hatchery the facility that it is. Without their dedication and expertise, fish related projects and improvements to the Hatchery would not be possible. We have two catagories of Volunteer, those who come in on weekdays (morning or afternoon) and those who come in for special projects, such as fin clipping. We invite anyone who has the time and wants to lend a hand, to contact us about volunteering.
Chapman Creek Hatchery is in need of volunteers to help out on Mondays and Tuesdays in the afternoon, as well as Saturdays and Sundays.
If you are interested, and you can commit to one of these times, please fill in the short form online so that we can get in touch and find a way you can best help us.
Chapman Creek Hatchery is in need of volunteers to help out on Mondays and Tuesdays in the afternoon, as well as Saturdays and Sundays.
If you are interested, and you can commit to one of these times, please fill in the short form online so that we can get in touch and find a way you can best help us.
Ambrose and Shaun say goodbye to the last of our freshwater cutthroat trout. Part of the Canada World Youth contingent, their help this fall has been invaluable.
2006 Rivers Day
Canada World Youth help out again.
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Canada World Youth help out again.
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Canada World Youth's Bonnie sells feed.
2006 Canada World Youth
The Canada World Youth volunteers are here again. These are exchange youth from different parts of Canada and the world who come to the Sunshine Coast to experience a different culture through volunteerism.
This year's volunteers are from Ontario, Namibia and South Africa. They showed up at the beginning of fin clipping and jumped right in to help.
This year's volunteers are from Ontario, Namibia and South Africa. They showed up at the beginning of fin clipping and jumped right in to help.
The 2004 Fall Fin Clipping
Anywhere from 10 to 20 people come together in the fall (when it is nice and wet) and clip the fins of all hatchery Coho. This procedure is done to let anglers and commercial fishermen know that they have caught a hatchery fish which may be retained.
Anywhere from 10 to 20 people come together in the fall (when it is nice and wet) and clip the fins of all hatchery Coho. This procedure is done to let anglers and commercial fishermen know that they have caught a hatchery fish which may be retained.
Volunteer Harold Foster reaps the rewards of patience: 7kg (15lb) hatchery Steelhead caught at the blue box on Chapman.
The Fruits of Our Labour
The hatchery manager with one of our returning undersized chinook salmon. (27 lbs/12.25Kg)
The hatchery manager with one of our returning undersized chinook salmon. (27 lbs/12.25Kg)
2007 Pink Spawn
The spawning season has begun. Here are two of our volunteers and the manager with a rather large male pinlk salmon: So far we have taken over 500,000 eggs. CLICK PICTURES TO SEE LARGER
Chinook Run
The picture below is of one of our returning chinook. He's a mere nine kilos (20 lbs).
The picture below is of one of our returning chinook. He's a mere nine kilos (20 lbs).