Canada congratulates Cowichan Tribes on award-winning project to return salmon to creek in British Columbia
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, offers her congratulations to Cowichan Tribes on the completion of an award-winning culvert and roadway project that has supported the return of salmon to the Quamichan Creek.
Key Points:
- The Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, offers her congratulations to Cowichan Tribes on the completion of an award-winning culvert and roadway project that has supported the return of salmon to the Quamichan Creek.
- The Government of Canada invested $1.1 million through the First Nation Infrastructure Fund for the project.
- Quamichan Creek was a productive salmon spawning habitat until it was blocked by the collapse of an old culvert in 2015.
- The collapse contributed to the partial erosion of the only access road to Quamichan Village a Cowichan Tribes community.