The Fluvarium and ladder experience
Just got back from a trip with the father and bro to Newfoundland, and came a cross a couple interesting viewing opportunities.
The first was the Fluvarium in St. John's. 19 years ago they decided to redirect a stretch of creek in the city to pass by a series of windows in a trout interpretation centre. They have not touched it since it was built, except to clean the glass (clearly not often enough). The results have been an opportunity to view a population of resident brown trout (stocked in the late 1800s) as they go about their daily existence.
Watching the browns feed and interact was fascinating, as I'm used to seeing this behaviour from above.
The second was a salmon ladder on the Exploits River in Grand Falls. Pretty self explanatory, but it was built by the paper company that put in the hydro dam, and the run sees annually around 30-40 thousand Atlantic salmon. There are windows into the top pool on the ladder, where the fish often stay to rest after the climb.
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