B.C. Rivers Day was celebrated Sunday at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre and Campground in Port Hardy. Liv Humphrey paints a salmon as part of the kids’ salmon-stamping art project.

B.C. Rivers Day was celebrated Sunday at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre and Campground in Port Hardy. Liv Humphrey paints a salmon as part of the kids’ salmon-stamping art project.

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B.C. Rivers Day was celebrated Sunday at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre and Campground in Port Hardy. Liv Humphrey paints a salmon as part of the kids’ salmon-stamping art project.

B.C. Rivers Day was celebrated Sunday at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre and Campground in Port Hardy. Liv Humphrey paints a salmon as part of the kids’ salmon-stamping art project.

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