fishways at Hell's Gate

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The fishways at Hell's Gate are engineered passage structures on the Fraser River designed to help migrating salmon bypass the turbulent rapids of the Fraser Canyon.

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fishways at Hell's Gate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish passage facility ⓘ
fishway system ⓘ
associatedWithIndigenousPeoples Stó:lō Nation ⓘ
linked to: Stó:lō people

other Fraser River First Nations ⓘ
constructedInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
constructionBeganIn 1944 ⓘ
constructionCompletedIn 1946 ⓘ
coordinatesApproximate 49.63°N 121.43°W ⓘ
crossesFeature turbulent rapids of Hell's Gate ⓘ
designedBy engineers working for the Canadian government ⓘ
engineeringType baffled chute fishway ⓘ
pool-and-weir fish ladder ⓘ
environmentalRole support conservation of Fraser River salmon stocks ⓘ
hasComponent baffled channels ⓘ
concrete fish ladders ⓘ
counting stations ⓘ
observation windows ⓘ
resting pools ⓘ
heritageStatus important historical fisheries engineering site in Canada ⓘ
impact increased upstream passage success for Fraser River salmon ⓘ
locatedIn Fraser Canyon ⓘ
Hell's Gate ⓘ
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
locatedInProvinceOrState British Columbia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Fraser River ⓘ
managedBy Fisheries and Oceans Canada ⓘ
monitoredBy Fisheries scientists ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Fraser River salmon management system ⓘ
purpose assist migrating salmon to bypass rapids ⓘ
improve fish passage through Fraser Canyon ⓘ
reasonForConstruction obstruction of salmon migration caused by 1914 rockslide ⓘ
relatedEvent 1914 rockslide at Hell's Gate ⓘ
servesSpecies Pacific salmon ⓘ
chinook salmon ⓘ
chum salmon ⓘ
coho salmon ⓘ
pink salmon ⓘ
sockeye salmon ⓘ
tourismFeature Hell's Gate Airtram attraction ⓘ
linked to: Hell's Gate Airtram
usedFor fisheries research ⓘ
monitoring salmon runs ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fraser Canyon → containsInfrastructure → fishways at Hell's Gate ⓘ