Fingerling Festival – May 7, 2022

The iconic Noons Creek Annual Fingerling Festival returns on May 7, 2022.  And we’d love you to join us and help out!

On Saturday, May 7, 2022, from 11 am – 3 pm, the Port Moody Ecological Society invites everyone BACK to attend our very special Fingerling Festival. Yes, it’s been 2 years since we had our last “in person” iconic festival!!

Our fun, free environmental festival will be held at our Noons Creek Hatchery and the Port Moody Recreation Centre’s ice rink, located just across the walking bridge at 300 Ioco Road.  We are very proud to announce the City of Port Moody, Pacific Coast Terminals (PCT) and Port of Vancouver, as again being tremendous sponsors of this year’s event.

We are seeking over 100 volunteers to make this environmental festival our very best to date.  Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to register by clicking here.  Roles include helping with over 70 environmental organisations and 5,000 visitors, setting up, cooking hot dogs in our food tent, and assisting with the release of salmon into Noons Creek.

Families and groups are encouraged to volunteer, with flexible shifts available.  This is a great way to introduce volunteerism to your family.

This iconic environmental festival, the largest of its kind in the Lower Mainland, provides an opportunity for children to help release thousands of young chum salmon into Noons Creek to help these fish begin their four-year journey at sea, and to visit the hatchery with its fish-rearing pond and restored wetland.

Environmental groups and artists are invited to apply to attend.  In the Port Moody Skating Arena, over 70 organizations will provide opportunities to learn more about community initiatives and environmental stewardship. In previous years, we have been delighted to host the following exhibitors, many of whom return each year:

• The City of Port Moody (Presenting Sponsor)
• Port of Vancouver (Sponsor)
• Pacific Coast Terminals (Sponsor)
• Mike the Reptile Guy
• Mossom Creek Hatchery (BIMES)
• Port Moody Station Museum
• Rivershed Society
• Vancouver Aquarium’s aquabus
• Plus many more.

There will be First Nations artists and carvers, wildlife artists, Metro Van Regional Parks, amongst others.  The ever popular Bobs & Lolo will be back again this year to give performances at 11:30 am and 1:00 pm in the arena.

The Fingerling Festival includes raffles and a hot dog tent.

Everyone is encouraged to carpool, use public transit or cycle to the event as this is a green event, and parking is very limited.  For additional information, visit www.noonscreek.org, phone the hatchery at 604-469-9106, or call Festival organiser, Dave Bennie, on 604-617-1163.

The Port Moody Ecological Society is a 100% volunteer-operated teaching hatchery that raises Coho and Chum salmon, has been undertaking and teaching water quality testing for over 15 years, and provides community outreach and school programmes throughout the year.

A full list of past exhibitors has included:

• Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals
• BC Recycles
• BCUOMA (Used Oil)
• Bobs & Lolo
• Burke Mountain Naturalists
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
• Canadian Sound Therapy Arts Society
• City of Port Moody (Presenting Sponsor)
• Coastal Painted Turtle Project
• Colony Farm Park Association
• Port Moody Farmers Market / Coquitlam Farmers Market
• Coquitlam River Watch
• Coquitlam River Watershed
• Cotton Candy Kids
• Critter Care Wildlife Society
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Discovery Toys
• Echo Ecological
• Emotive, Electric Vehicle Experience (Metro Vancouver)
• Encorp Recycling
• Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project
• First Nations artist, Shevonne Leigh
• Force of Nature
• Fortis BC
• Fraser River Discovery Centre
• Friends of De Boville Slough
• Go Wild BC Salmon Marketing Council
• Green Channel
• Green Planet Solutions
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery
• Hancock Wildlife
• Hyde Creek Watershed Society
• International Submarine Engineering Ltd.
• Invasive Plant Council of Metro Vancouver
• J Peachy, Artist
• Kinder Books
• Living Ocean Society
• Maple Creek Streamkeepers
• Metis Family Services
• Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
• Mike the Reptile Guy
• Minnekhada Park Association
• Mossom Creek Hatchery (BIMES)
• Nature Trust of BC
• Northern Spotted Owl Captive Breeding Program
• Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society
• Orca Lab
• OWL Rehabilitation Society
• Pacific Coast Terminals
• Peter Gong – Aboriginal artist
• Pipe Up Network
• Port of Vancouver
• Port Moody Foundation
• Port Moody Rock and Gem Club
• Port Moody Station Museum
• Reconciliation Canada
• Rivershed Society
• Rocky Point Sailing Association
• Salmon Are Sacred
• Science Made Fun BC / Unique Minds
• Seed and Straw fair trade, environmental
• Shop Local Port Moody
• Spirit Bear Coffee
• St Johns Ambulance
• Stream of Dreams
• Stephanie Kelvistep, Artist
• Synergy Aspen Environmental
• Takaya Tours
• TD Friends of the Environment
• Tri-Cities Mental Health
• VanCity Credit Union
• Vancouver Maritime Museum
• Vancouver Polish Theatre
• Watershed Watch Salmon Society
• White Lotus Divine Healing
• Wilderness Committee
• Wildlife Rescue Association