Salmon jumping is Toronto's newest spectator sport
Have you ever seen a fully grown, 50 pound salmon jump out of a river, dive into a waterfall and then swim towards the sky with all its might?
You can do that if you're in Toronto right now â and I really think you should.
If you can't, however, make it out toEtienne Brule Parkover the next few weeks, it's all good. You can still enjoy the salmon jump!
It'll just have to be vicariously, through hundreds of people who've gathered along the Humber river this fall to watch (and take photos) of fish attempting to get up and overthe Old Mill dam.
It may seem hard to believe unless you've seen it yourself, but Toronto's rivers play host every autumn to one of nature's most powerful andmysteriousphenomena:the salmon run.
You can find evidence ofthe annual migrationat a number of sites around Toronto as hundreds of large fish work their way up from Lake Ontario to the spawning grounds in which they were born.
The run usually begins in September or October, when the weather (and thus water temperature) starts to cool. It lasts about a month.
Migrating Chinook, Coho and Atlantic salmon (as well as various special of trout) can usually be seen in The Don River from theLower Don Trail, in The Rouge River fromGlen Rouge Campground, andin The Credit Riverfrom Erindale Park.
Etienne Brule Parknear Old Mill Innremains one of the most popular spots for watching salmon however, likely because the fish need to take a big jump where the park runs alongside Humber River.
It's as easy to fall in love with the spectacle as it is hard to walk away from â especially when some fish can't seem to clear the dam. You want to watch them make it over. You want to cheer them on.
Many bystanders do, in fact, root and cheer for these salmon from the banks of The Humber River.
The run is starting to wind down for this year, as evidenced by the number of dead fish floating near the Old Mill (salmondie after spawning. I hope I'm not the first person to tell you that.)
There's still time to catch straggling jumpers, though â and there seem to be a lot this year thanks to a warmer-than-usual fall.
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