TIDBIT- “The salmon currently swimming upstream in the Okanagan River in northern Washington State started their lives four ago in the tributaries of Osoyoos and Skaha Lakes. From here they swam south in the Okanagan River through northern Washington, turned west into the Columbia River and out to the Pacific Ocean. After two years at sea the sockeye head back to the mouth of the Columbia River, roughly 150 kilometers' north-west of Portland, Oregon, before start-ing the journey back home.

It's estimated 290,000 sockeye started the journey from the mouth of the Columbia River, an increase from the 200,000 first thought.” https://infotel.ca/newsitem/more-than-100k-sockeye-should-soon-be-back-in-south-okanagan-lakes/it75133

n’titxw -Chief Salmon OKIB Salmon Community Distribution– Okanagan Nation

Monday, August 17, 2020 at 2 p.m.

• Approximately 3 fish for distribution per household based

on availability of harvested salmon

• 6 Cleaning Stations will be available for individuals' to learn how to clean and or fillet your salmon (joint collaboration with FSI & TSD).

• Salmon Cleaning & or filleting will be available for Elders

(65+) & those with physical limitations.

• Please bring clean sanitized cooler and or container( s) for the Salmon to be placed in.

• Social distancing protocols will be in effect– if you wish to wear a mask please do so.

Access:

To ensure we have a safe and seamless traffic flow:

1. Enter Komasket Park by the Public Works& Hous-

ing Entrance

2. Exit by way of Snc’c’amala?tn Early Childhood

Education Centre onto Westside Road.