McGowan Lake Fish Hatchery - Caledonia, Nova Scotia
N 44° 24.963 W 065° 03.300
20T E 336397 N 4920138
McGowan Lake Fish Hatchery is located on Hibernia Rd in Caledonia, Nova Scotia. The Visitor Interpretation Centre provides an opportunity for you to learn more about the hatchery and fishing activities in Nova Scotia.
Waymark Code: WMRCN0
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/09/2016
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The McGowan Lake Hatchery, built in 1987, has helped to ensure the future of trout fishing in western Nova Scotia, a region with many acid-stressed lakes and streams. This hatchery utilizes a unique water treatment facility and an oxygen generation and injection system to rear 1 million speckled trout which are released annually as fry, fall fingerlings and yearlings. From: (
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The facility includes raceways, a hatchery building, an interpretive centre, and intake control house.
Many adult fish are kept on site to supply eggs to the hatchery and aquaculture operations. About 5 million eggs are spawned every year from four species of fish.