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Okanagan Fall Kokanee Spawn
A Saturday Day Trip for the Whole Family!
Experience Okanagan fall colours and the famous Kokanee Salmon Spawn. After the last ice age some 10,000 years ago, Columbia River sockeye are suggested to have migrated into what is now the Okanagan, and established a sockeye salmon population. Kokanee populations then evolved off the sockeye population. Later, when access upstream into the Okanagan was blocked, the sockeye population disappeared, leaving the Kokanee population we see today. Similar patterns of Kokanee establishment are suggested for the Arrow and Kootenay lake systems. Okanagan Lake supports two types of Kokanee salmon - the stream spawners and the lake shoreline spawners or beach spawners. During their entire feeding life the two types mix in the lake. At sexual maturity, usually at age three (three years after being laid as eggs), they undergo a spawning migration, spawn, and die. Stream-spawners migrate into some 14 lake tributaries in early September and complete spawning by mid-October. Shore-spawners migrate to spawning beaches along the lake shoreline and spawn from mid-October to mid-November.
During this tour you and your family will paddle a historical Voyageur canoe from Cedar Creek to Mission Creek on beautiful Okanagan Lake. Here you will be able to view the spawning Kokanee in their natural habitat. You will have lunch on the beach and mountain bike through the fall colours along Mission Creek arriving at the Father Pandosy Mission(1859). This tour is specially designed for families & small children, ages 3 and up.
Itinerary
Depart from downtown Kelowna at 8:30am to Cedar Creek - Voyageur canoe to Mission Creek. Picnic lunch at Rotary Beach - Mountain bike to Mission Creek Regional Park and stop at Father Pandosy Mission - Shuttle back to hotel/meeting point. Lunch and snacks included. This is a 9 hour day trip.
This tour is operated by Selah Outdoor Explorations and Tykes Can Tour. Prices, and tour dates along with tour details can be subject to change and a minimum number of participants are required, please reserve in advance. Prices do not include taxes.
Special note: All family bookings are subject to special safety guidelines and must meet final approval from TykesCanTour Contact Joe Kyle at 1-250-762-9216 or 1-888-211-9043
PROMO - AOC CPAC 02 TykesCan Fall Kokanee
$240.00 CDN
Total for a Family of Four (2 adults plus 2 children 6 16 years)
or
116.00 per adult
Seniors 20% discount
Child (Ages 6-16)
$45 each
Child (Ages 3 min. - 6) Free but must be accompanied by adult.
