We do live on the edge of the Pacific, so there's just so many species we couldn't hope to list even a tenth of them here. Suffice it to say that if you're looking to eyeball marine and aquatic life, this is a great place to do it. The Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society is a non-profit community organization incorporated in 1987. Also on the hatchery site is the William G. Chinnick educational building, which hosts public tours and rents classrooms and conference rooms. Wheelchair accessible facilities and equipment include a main meeting room, washrooms, kitchenette and wet lab, colour TV, VCR, 35mm slide projector and overhead projector.
Catering is available.
The Education Centre offers an extensive program for students from kindergarten to grade 12, increasing in scope and complexity each year. Secondary students focus on watershed management, salmonid ecology, history and development of the Chapman Creek area and rehabilitation and enhancement. Out of town school groups are welcome. An incubation facility has been built by Howe Sound Pulp and Paper in conjunction with the Enhancement Society. The facility, on the mill site, utilizes heated water produced in the manufacturing process to shorten time required for fertilized eggs to hatch and develop.