Kwikwetlem First Nation seeks to bring back sockeye and coho – The Langara Voice

Dec 16, 2025

A continued hatchery project by the Kwikwetlem First Nation hopes to undo damage from the Coquitlam Dam to salmon populations in their traditional territory.

This hatchery, started in 2022, located next to the Coquitlam Dam, is considered by the nation to be a historic step towards restoring back the salmon to their ancestral lands. Salmon had flourished in the nation’s territory, but since 1913 when the dam was opened, the species vanished.

Kwikwetlem territory centres on the watershed of the upper and lower side of the Coquitlam River, and over to the east side of Pitt Lake. In the west side the territory includes Mossum Creek and Port Moody Inlet over to Stoney Creek, the lands of Sapperton Heights, and the north side of the Fraser River.

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