Biking along the Humber

We biked along the Humber River today. If you’re in Toronto, I highly recommend it—especially now when the fall foliage is in full swing. The temperature was perfect, and people were gathered along the river banks to watch the salmon run.

It’s bittersweet—the salmon’s task seems impossible, and it’s particularly hard to watch at the weirs. The poor salmon have already come so far, and then they face the steepest inclines. I don’t know how any salmon make it at all. It made me wonder if there’s a solution to make those difficult spots a little easier? I may be the only person who has ever Googled, “how to help salmon up weirs”.

Hah! A quick Google search later and it turns out “fish ladders” (aka “fishways”) exist for just this purpose. And lowered “notches” in the weirs help, too. A bit of good news to end the day.