The Lake Huron Fishing Club's Chinook Hatchery is located on Upper Ave in the town of Port Elgin. It was built in 1985. The construction was completed using only volunteer labour as are virtually all of the past and present LHFC projects. It continues to function under the watchful eye of club members who volunteer to staff the hatchery during its season of operation from September to May of each year.
At present the Chinook Hatchery returns some 250,000 Chinook smolts back into the Lake Huron area.
As there is no Canadian government restocking of salmon into Lake Huron, this task has been assumed by the 4 club hatcheries which operate on the Canadian side of the Lake.
The 40 or so volunteers who regularly staff the Port Elgin facility, regard this task with a sense of both pride and duty.
