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British Columbia’s “River of No Return”: The Coquitlam River (English Edition)
Henry Prante, was a well-known crusader for the protection and preservation of the Coquitlam River,
"It's unfortunate he didn't live long enough to see the Coquitlam River clean of pollution," said Port Coquitlam & District Hunting & Fishing Club director Al Grist. ''But I'm not sure that will happen in my lifetime either."(Later Al Grist had a fish hatchery named after him)
Grist said Prante will be remembered for his love of the outdoors and the work he did to preserve the natural habitat for future generations before it be-came fashionable to do so.
He said Prante played a major role in starting the Coquitlam River hatchery by bringing in the first lot of salmon eggs.
"Henry was very keen on salmon," he said, "and the club still gives an annual salt water salmon fishing trophy in his name."
Grist said the club membership discussed naming the spring release of 8,000 Coho salmon Henry Prante Day. (I am not sure if this ever happened though.)
He was “quite astute and...brutal” when it came to protecting the environment, said Grist, recalling the club's fight to prove sedimentation in the river from sand and gravel operations that were killing salmon.
Prante was Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club president in the 1970’s when he would go to water outflows along the river at 2 a.m. to get water samples in a jam jar for lab testing.
He also had a keen mind and a very thorough approach to problem solving.
"When the Or Creek diversion was proposed; which supplies all of the water you see in the Coquitlam River; the figures on water flows and effects were coming out in both metric and standard measurements.
''He reduced the apples and oranges figures into one means of measurement.
"It added up to the fact that the Coquitlam Dam was not adequate. So Hydro raised the dam by 10 feet. They now keep the water level down l0 feet lower than when Henry came out with what all those numbers meant and the danger to Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam residents of the dam should fail.
''He was quite a quy – very thorough."
"It's unfortunate he didn't live long enough to see the Coquitlam River clean of pollution," said Port Coquitlam & District Hunting & Fishing Club director Al Grist. ''But I'm not sure that will happen in my lifetime either."(Later Al Grist had a fish hatchery named after him)
Grist said Prante will be remembered for his love of the outdoors and the work he did to preserve the natural habitat for future generations before it be-came fashionable to do so.
He said Prante played a major role in starting the Coquitlam River hatchery by bringing in the first lot of salmon eggs.
"Henry was very keen on salmon," he said, "and the club still gives an annual salt water salmon fishing trophy in his name."
Grist said the club membership discussed naming the spring release of 8,000 Coho salmon Henry Prante Day. (I am not sure if this ever happened though.)
He was “quite astute and...brutal” when it came to protecting the environment, said Grist, recalling the club's fight to prove sedimentation in the river from sand and gravel operations that were killing salmon.
Prante was Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club president in the 1970’s when he would go to water outflows along the river at 2 a.m. to get water samples in a jam jar for lab testing.
He also had a keen mind and a very thorough approach to problem solving.
"When the Or Creek diversion was proposed; which supplies all of the water you see in the Coquitlam River; the figures on water flows and effects were coming out in both metric and standard measurements.
''He reduced the apples and oranges figures into one means of measurement.
"It added up to the fact that the Coquitlam Dam was not adequate. So Hydro raised the dam by 10 feet. They now keep the water level down l0 feet lower than when Henry came out with what all those numbers meant and the danger to Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam residents of the dam should fail.
''He was quite a quy – very thorough."