- August 6-9, 2024: New Fish Ladder We are very excited to announce that a new aluminium Fish Ladder was installed in early August. The fish ladder was engineered to allow salmon and smaller fish to enter the ladder more easily at lower tides.
The new design also incorporates a “beaver deceiver” which will allow water to flow into the ladder from a submerged pipe in Colvin lake, thereby enabling fish to pass, even when there is a beaver dam at the top of the ladder. A new disability-friendly viewing platform was also built and installed by dedicated volunteers.
Stay tuned for a newsletter highlighting all that was involved during the installation process!
- July 7, 2019: Marine Life at Sargeant Bay We spent a great afternoon with Lee-Ann Ennis and naturalists from the Sargeant Bay Society and the Iris Griffith Centre who observed and documented marine life in the intertidal zone of Sargeant Bay. Saltwater aquaria were set up to display specimens. Please join us next July as this is always a great annual event for the whole family!
- June 8, 2019 at 9:00 pm: Bat Monitoring A number of enthusiasts joined us at Sargeant Bay Park just before sunset on June 8th to learn more about our local bats. The annual BC Bat Count took place from July 11 – August 5th. Did you participate?! Mark your calendars for next year!
- May 19, 2019: Birding on the Berm Tony Greenfield led an enthusiastic group on this annual welcome to spring event.
- May 11, 2019: Botany Hike Local botany expert Kye Goodwin explored the unique plant life around Sargeant Bay. This two hour walk was well attended and is always informative.
- May 2, 2019: Sargeant Bay Society AGM Our annual general meeting was held at Cooper’s Green where we learned about all the great work that occurred over the past year. A number of new activities will take place in the coming year. Stay tuned for updates!
- April 27, 2019: Annual Beach Clean Up The annual beach clean up was held the afternoon of April 27th. The morning was spent doing some annual maintenance to the park as we ready it for summer visitors (clipping back overgrown shrubs and bushes; ensuring easy accessibility to the park’s trails etc.).
- Streamkeepers Salmon Spawning Count – Winter 2018 A number of Sargeant Bay members completed the Stream Keepers Course in late September, 2018. This was followed by a committed group of volunteers organizing a daily salmon monitoring schedule over the fall and early winter of the lagoon, the fish ladder and Colvin Creek to record any sightings of returning salmon.
- New Educational Signage in Smuggler’s Cove Thanks to a cooperative project between the the Ruby Lake Lagoon Society and the SBS, new educational signage will appear in various parts of Smuggler’s Cove Provincial Park, including the Flora, the Songbirds and the Ferns of Smuggler’s Cove. A portion of the funds will also provide additional signage for the Triangle Loop Trail.
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The Spring, 2019 newsletter marks our 40th Anniversary!