Algoma Fish and Recreation Association Ltd.
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- Description
- Algoma Fish and Recreation Assoc. Ltd. was a non-profit organization whose mandate was "To enhance and promote the orderly use of our natural resources in the District of Algoma."
Actively operating between 1984 and 1992 for the purpose of improving the sport fishery, the group transformed the vacant power house at Little Rapids into the McColman Fish Hatchery.
The eggs collection program was achieved in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and supported by the Town and Township of Thessalon.
Over a million chinook salmon eggs were collected, fertilized, incubated and released into the Bridgeland River annually.
The spring collection of walleye eggs resulted in a release of several hundred thousand fry into local waters.
The Association held a Smelt Festival in 1986 and several annual salmon derbies on Labour Day weekend with several thousand dollars in prizes being awarded.
A sport fishing and recreation map for the area was created and produced. A change in the MNR's policies for the operation of volunteer run hatchery operations caused the decline in the interest of its members and ultimately the end of the Algoma Fish and Recreation Association. - Date of Original
- 20100828
- Date Of Event
- 1984-1992
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- Contact
- Heritage Park MuseumEmail:thessalonlib@hotmail.com
Agency street/mail address:P.O. Box 425
Thessalon, ON
P0R 1L0
