Adams River Salmon Run
As the salmon complete their 18-day trip to the Adams River, their bodies undergo an amazing transformation. The fish turn bright crimson red with green heads. The males develop humped backs and hooked snouts, and the female’s bellies expand, filled with thousands of eggs.
Spawning Sockeye Salmon in seasonal colors
The river becomes a hotbed of activity as the sockeye pair off. The females dig nests and drop eggs in the gravel beds. The males fertilize the eggs with showers of milt while fighting off other contenders.
The sockeye in the river attracts a wide variety of other wildlife to the area to benefit from the easy fish meals. Bears, coyotes, other land predators, eagles, ospreys, and other fish all take their portions of the nutrients the eggs and dying fish provide.
Chinook Salmon also return around the same time as the Sockeye. These are also referred to as Spring or King Salmon
We are only 10 minutes away from the Adams River. Come stay in our modern cottages to witness this great nearby spectacle of nature.
Every four years, the Adams River sockeye salmon travel 400 km from the Pacific Ocean to this inland waterway to return to their birthplace to spawn.
This is a special educational experience for the whole family. It is a special example of one species’ strange strategy for survival.
The Bush Creek wildfire in 2023 had a major effect on the area, changing the environment of the Adams River area. Time will tell the impact the change may have on the Samon coming to the area.