BY TRICIA EDGAR
“Those are otters!” I exclaim to a couple nearby as I walk down to Twin Falls for catch a glimpse of these new residents of Lynn Canyon Park, a short 20 minute drive from downtown Vancouver, B.C.
As I walk across the Lynn Creek bridge I see four river otters, red-mouthed and full-bellied, finishing off their catch. They crouch in the middle of a damp rock below the falls. As the water pounds down around them, one otter drags a salmon out of the water and they feast.
The presence of otters here means there are now enough salmon in the river to support otters in the Lynn Creek watershed. For decades, the Morten Creek Salmon Hatchery… Continue Reading