US EditionNewly Opened Salmon Passage Ends 100-Year Barrier to Okanagan Lake
The $5 million project funded by U.S. and Canadian partners restores salmon migration routes and benefits the Columbia River basin's ecosystem, officials said.
- On August 18, 2025, Penticton officially opened a new salmon passage bypassing the Okanagan Lake dam near the river channel.
- The passage was built to restore salmon access lost over 100 years ago due to valley dam construction and habitat fragmentation.
- The naturalized passage includes barriers filtering invasive species and provides sockeye salmon access to 350 square kilometres of habitat.
- Project lead Zoe Eyjolfson said water will flow permanently through the $5 million passage, which will be ready for the 2026 salmon run.
- Chief Greg Gabriel called it "an amazing day" for the Nation, marking progress in salmon restoration benefiting ecosystems on both sides of the border.
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New Fishway Opens More Of Upper Okanogan R For Salmon, Other Species
A new fish passage channel around a dam on the Okanogan/Okanagan system will raise hopes of even larger sockeye returns up the Columbia River to Northcentral Washington and southern British Columbia. The post New Fishway Opens More Of Upper Okanogan R For Salmon, Other Species appeared first on .
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