Island Parent Fall 2023

Nature
in Action
Between mid-October and mid-
December every year, millions of
Pacific salmon make their way up the
streams of the Pacific northwest to
spawn and eventually die. One of the
very best places to see these beautiful
salmon fighting their way up the
stream is in Goldstream Park. Stand
and watch quietly to see the various
ways the salmon make their way upstream—some
alone, some in pairs.
You may see a female select their
spawning space and dig the hole by
turning on her side and whipping her
tail into the gravel. No one is really
sure why and how they make their
way back to their parent streams to
spawn, but it truly is mesmerizing to
watch them. See how many kinds
of salmon you can spot!
goldstreampark.com/salmon.htm
GVPL
Writing
Challenge
Want to win a gift certificate to
Russell Books? If you’re over the age
of 13 and living in Victoria, you still
have time to enter the tiny stories
contest for your chance to win! Tiny
stories are composed of 450 characters
or less (excluding the title).
And yes, characters, not words. This
means every letter, space, punctuation
mark is a character and counts
towards that 450 count. Pick up your
tiny stories postcard at any Greater
Victoria Public Library branch and
challenge yourself to write your own
original story. Simply mail it in or
drop it off at your local branch by
October 21. You can enter up to 3
times. Full details at gvpl.ca.
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