Left to right: Maya Uno, HSWS youth leader; Robbin Whachell, President, HSWS; Fin Donnelly; and John Horgan, BC Premier.
On Oct. 21, during his campaign stop in Coquitlam, Premier John Horgan visited the Hoy Creek Hatchery for a brief tour to learn about the work of the Hoy/Scott Watershed Society and see the return of the spawning chum salmon, as well as young salmon being raised at the hatchery.
The premier was accompanied by Fin Donnelly, former official opposition's critic on fisheries and oceans until 2012.
Assisting the president of the Hoy/Scott Watershed Society, Robbin Whachell was youth leader, May Uno.
This is the first time a premier has visited the hatchery which was built in 1997.
Feeding the coho salmon in the hatchery’s rearing pond at Hoy Creek.
Chum salmon were in stream for the tour.