GC Huston releases salmon into Saugeen River

Friends Lexi (left) and Samara waited patiently to release their Chinook Salmon together into the Saugeen River, May 13.

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Members of the G.C. Huston student body along with some helpers trekked down to the Southampton Boat Launch May 13 to release the Chinook Salmon they’ve been raising since last Fall, approximately 100 in all, into the Saugeen River.

Younger students, along their older reading buddies, paired together to release the tiny fish. The smolts were given to the school as eggs last October by the Lake Huron Fishing Club (LHFC), who has 27 schools taking part. In Saugeen Shores, Chinook Salmon have been released by Northport, École Port Elgin Saugeen Central and now G.C. Huston. Schools in Kincardine raise Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout.

Principal Dan Russell addressed the excited students before they released the fish into the wild and thanked the LHFC, Program Sponsor Bruce Power, and their special in-school caretakers, students Jack Bennett, Spencer Sutter-Lammie and Jack Lariviere.

Senior Kindergartener, Max Reichert, along with Principal Russell, tenderly placed his fish into the water, during the Chinook Salmon release, May 13 in Southampton.

Salmon caretakers, Jack Bennett (left) and Spencer Sutter-Lammie along with Finn Cushnie, helped the Lake Huron Fishing Club set up for the release and place the fish into buckets for their fellow students, at the Southampton Boat Launch, May 13.

Ellie Burgess, age 5, with assistance from Principal Russell and mother Ashley Burgess, release “Mr. Russell” the Chinook Salmon, into the Saugeen River, May 13.

The younger G.C. Huston students paired-off with their older reading buddies, during the Chinook Salmon release, at the Southampton Boat Launch, May 13.