fishways at Hell's Gate

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The fishways at Hell's Gate are engineered passage structures on the Fraser River designed to help migrating salmon bypass the turbulent rapids of the Fraser Canyon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish passage facility
fishway system
associatedWithIndigenousPeoples Stó:lō people
surface form: Stó:lō Nation

other Fraser River First Nations
constructedInPeriod 1940s
constructionBeganIn 1944
constructionCompletedIn 1946
coordinatesApproximate 49.63°N 121.43°W
crossesFeature turbulent rapids of Hell's Gate
designedBy engineers working for the Canadian government
engineeringType baffled chute fishway
pool-and-weir fish ladder
environmentalRole support conservation of Fraser River salmon stocks
hasComponent baffled channels
concrete fish ladders
counting stations
observation windows
resting pools
heritageStatus important historical fisheries engineering site in Canada
impact increased upstream passage success for Fraser River salmon
locatedIn Fraser Canyon
Hell's Gate
locatedInCountry Canada
locatedInProvinceOrState British Columbia
locatedOnRiver Fraser River
managedBy Fisheries and Oceans Canada
monitoredBy Fisheries scientists
openToPublic yes
partOf Fraser River salmon management system
purpose assist migrating salmon to bypass rapids
improve fish passage through Fraser Canyon
reasonForConstruction obstruction of salmon migration caused by 1914 rockslide
relatedEvent 1914 rockslide at Hell's Gate
servesSpecies Pacific salmon
chinook salmon
chum salmon
coho salmon
pink salmon
sockeye salmon
tourismFeature Hell's Gate Airtram
surface form: Hell's Gate Airtram attraction
usedFor fisheries research
monitoring salmon runs

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Fraser Canyon containsInfrastructure fishways at Hell's Gate