The streams of this area once teemed with salmon and trout.
Middens left by native people camping at the mouth of Noons Creek suggest that this sheltered area was once a favourite fishing ground.
The loss of the original salmon runs here reflects the decline of salmon stocks on countless similar small creeks along the entire Pacific coast, largely caused by habitat degradation.
Noon's Creek Hatchery
By working to enhance salmonid stocks, we also help many others species.
The population of harbour seals in the Inlet increases each fall as salmon return to spawn.
Bald eagles may be seen feasting on the carcasses of those that have spawned and died.
And of course, most of the young salmon entering the marine food web themselves fall prey to herons, larger fish, and a host of other animals.
