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Whitehorse Fishway
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to live underwater fish camera!! Yukon Energy fish cam check out the fish cam set up at the Fishway! Visit the longest wooden fish ladder in the world. Witness the remarkable migration of the Yukon River Chinook salmon. This premier Yukon attraction offers scenic views of the Yukon River, truly a photographer's delight! The Whitehorse Fishway was built in 1959, after completion of the first phase of the Whitehorse Dam. The fishway allows hundreds of migrating chinook -- or "king" -- salmon each year to bypass the dam and reach their spawning grounds in southern Yukon. The chinook run at Whitehorse occurs from late July to early September. Several other species of fish use the fishway, including trout, longnose suckers and the beautiful arctic grayling. Two metres (2.2 yards) deep and 366 metres (400 yards) long, the Whitehorse Fishway is the longest wooden fish ladder in the world. |
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| Water discharging from the fishway attracts
the fish to the ladder. After entering the ladder, the salmon leap
over partitions which separate the many "steps" that make
up the ladder, or swim through underwater doorways in each partition.
About halfway up the ladder, the fish enter a large chamber where
their size and gender can be observed and recorded and from which
a number of salmon are removed for use at the Whitehorse Rapids Fish
Hatchery. Three underwater windows inside the public fishway building permits close-up viewing of the fish in the ladder. It is a rare and thrilling experience to be nose to nose with the world's largest species of salmon. In 2004 four underwater cameras were installed allowing visitors a chance to see salmon even when none present in the viewing tanks. The first camera was placed in the new fish tank so that people would be able to see fish even when there were no salmon running through the ladder, the second camera was place halfway up the ladder, and the remaining two cameras were place at the base of the ladder to be able to see where the salmon rest before heading up the ladder. Salmon Count As of August 28, 2006 return = 1648, with 13 coming through on August 28/06 2005 return = 2600+ 2004 return = 1992+ 2003 return = 2850+ 2002 return = 605+ 1996 return = 2962+ 1995 return = 2100+ 1994 return = 1500+ 2006 Hours of Operation The Whitehorse Fishway is usually open from in June, seven days a week from 9-5pm. July - September long weekend the center is open from 9-9pm seven days a week. Keep your eye on our website or call 667-4263 for more information on our 2006 season. |
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