Adams River Sockeye Run

To celebrate my 60th birthday we decided to go see the Adams River Sockeye Run.  As I reach this milestone, I realize I better get get going on my Bucket List!

We stayed two nights in a motel in Chase.  After we checked in we drove out to Tsútswecw Provincial Park (formerly Roderick Haig Brown), pronounced tschuschwech.

 

The river was indeed teeming with bright red fish; the whole park was teeming with people snapping photos.

We hiked up the Adams River

Till we got to the canyon.

In the eddy below the canyon was a deep hole full of dead salmon that had washed down the river:

Spot the pictograph:

We also drove up along Shuswap Lake to the resort communities of Scotch Creek, Celista and Anglemont and checked out the  Shuswap Provincial Park campsite.  It was closed for the season, but we parked outside and walked to the beach.

Most of the leaves in Williams Lake have fallen, but in the Shuswap they are still in their full fall colour.

Maple in the afternoon sun.