Raven Brood Trout Station - Caroline, Alberta
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wildwoodke
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The Raven Brood Trout Station produces up to 6 million rainbow trout fry from this hatchery located near Caroline, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMDCX5
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 12/26/2011
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Raven Brood Trout Station
Government of Alberta, Sustainable Resource Development
Tel: 403-722-2180
Box 160,
Caroline, AB T0M 0M0
Information from on-site signage:
"The station began as a trout hatchery in 1937. From the 1950s to the late 1970s it operated as a rearing station for rainbow troute where trout fingerlings were reared to yearlings and stocked into lakes and ponds.
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The Raven Brood Trout Station can produce up to 6 million rainbow trout eggs annually. The station produces about 65 per cent of the province's rainbow trout eggs, with the remaining 35 per cent produced at the Allison Creek Brood Station in Blairmore."
Type of Facility: Fish Hatchery
Management Agency: State/Provincial Government
Has a Vistor Center: no
Offers Tours: no
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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