Summerland Trout Hatchery

Visitors Welcome

Hours Changes

The Visitor Centre is Open September and October Monday to Friday 10am -2pm for guided tours. The Centre will be closed October 17, 2011 to April 2, 2012 inclusive.

Please call 250-494-0491 or email Visit.Summerland@gofishbc.com if you have any questions about our tours.

Our tours include viewing live fish in and outdoors, videos, a coloring station for kids, and learning where to fish around the area. Our hatchery is full of information on fish, where and how to angle and conservation. Fun and interactive for all ages, the hatchery is a great place to stop in as we are located on Okanagan Lake near beautiful beaches. Email us a Visit.Summerland@gofishbc.com if you have any questions about our tours.

Find us

13405 Lakeshore Drive South, Summerland, BC, V0H 1Z1

Located: 14 km north of Penticton on Highway 97, right on Lakeshore Drive for 1 km.

- Telephone: (250) 494-0491

- Fax: (250) 494-3046

- Email: Summerland@gofishbc.com

- Manager Contact: Mark Siemens

The Hatchery office is open Monday to Friday 8 am to 3:30 pm

Species raised

Native and domestic rainbow trout

About Our Hatchery

The Summerland Trout Hatchery is the oldest continuously running trout hatchery in BC. The facility was established in 1928, but fish rearing here actually goes back to 1918. This hatchery is the only trout hatchery that relies on spring water as all others in the province use groundwater by way of pumps.

About Our Programs

The staff stock fish into approximately 260 lakes annually into the south central regions of BC - Thompson/Nicola, Okanagan and West Kootenays. The Summerland Hatchery also rear fish that are then transferred to the Clearwater Hatchery to be stocked in the Cariboo and Northen Lakes. A second off-site hatchery located in Skaha provides additional rearing capacity for native catchable programs. For a listing of lakes stocked, visit our Stocking Reports section.