Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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The Grade Nine Science class again spent the fall term studying and rearing salmon. This year, though, was by far the most successful of the three years that the project has been in operation. Twenty-nine thousand chum fry and six thousand coho fry were reared and released into streams in the Shawnigan vicinity. These figures represent a success rate of 93% for the chum and 58% success rate for the coho taken from the percentage of eg gs that managed to survive to be released as small fish. The reason for the great boost in numbers is en- tirely due to the new facility built for the project last September. After a rather meagre, but fairly suc- cessful beginning, using a lean-to shed alongside the Science Lab, the Federal Fisheries decided that Shawnigan was obviously prepared to take the rearing of salmon seriously enough and donated materials and labour to construct a building for the explicit purpose of raising fish. Complete with a concrete floor, drainage system and shake roof, the 40 ft. long shed is now situated alongside the Craig Block and runs off water from both the school ' s water supply and a new well that was put in in October. The amount of water flow has determined the capacity which is approximately 40,000 eggs. In November each Grade Nine class netted adult salmon returning to spawn in Goldstream Creek (halfway to Victoria from the School). The eggs were taken SALMON ENHANCEMENT AT SHAWNIGAN 1982-1983 from about 15 fish and fertilized back at the School. From November to the end of March the eggs were incubated in wooden rearing boxes with a steady flow of water over the developing eggs. During the Easter Break thousands of tiny salmon began to darken the rearing trough. Since the urge to swim to the sea is so strong that fry were jumping out of the tanks onto the floor at night, they were released as soon as possible. Most of them went to Goldstream but 2,000 chum were again released into Shawnigan Creek to nucleate a new run of salmon that will return as adults in 1986. The School owes a great deal of thanks to the support from the Federal Fisheries for having provided tremendous back up to the project. On the other hand the Fisheries has been very pleased with the enthusiasm of the Grade Nine classes. A success rate of 98% is higher than most fish hatcheries in British Columbia. M.A. Hobson

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The threequarter line was excellently served by Sebastian Wade from the base of the scrum and there was some fine running by Todds Sigfstead at flyhalf. He has good hands, quickness off the mark, is a sound tackier and is obviously a fine prospect for the future. Florian Tovstigo and David Howell- Jones were contrasting runners - Florian with his strength and speed and David with his quick darting changes of direction. At full back the team was well served by Carlos Garcia who has most of the skills for this position - sound hands, an excellent punt, and the ability to read the game. The season began slowly with defeats early on by both SMU and St. George ' s. Great improvement was made as the team had a long run of victories which included the Mid-Island Competition for the Bridgend trophy - this for the second year in suc- cession. The stage was then set for the return games against SMU and St. George ' s - the only losses to date. The game against SMU in Victoria was won deservedly by 20-10 but the return game against St. George ' s was lost in the closing seconds. The ' B ' team as their record shows had a very successful season. The pack scrummaged very well with Kevin Smith clearly the best in the loose and Charlie Squarey a strong runner. Paul Crawford was beginning to show signs of real promise as a break. Clive Henshaw was a very plucky scrum half who made some great tackles and Andrew Beck on the wing saved the situation on many occasions with last ditch tackles. He was also a strong runner and he and Ken O ' Kennedy were the main scoring threats. At full back Garth Friesen, though lacking in pace had very sound hands and was a good tackier and set a fine example of sportsmanship. Overall it was a very successful and most enjoyable season which bodes well for the future. W.H.H. McClelland S.A.S. Lane THE JUNIOR B XV PLAYED WON LOST ' A ' team 14 11 3 ' B ' team 7 5 2 POINTS FOR AGAINST ' A ' team 274 80 ' B ' team 113 34 Back Row: (L. to R.J Mr. S.A.S. Lane, P. Crawford, M. Kaye, S. van Halst, W. McMahon, R. Joyce, B. Horner, A. Kaul Seated: (L. to R.) R. Schenker, A. Beck, C. Henshaw (Captain), K. Smith, C. Squarey, G. Friesen 28

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QUEBEC EXCHANGE The following is an excerpt from Charles Bristoll ' s diary of the October French exchange to Quebec: Vendredi, le 29 octobre: Le premier jour de notre echange a commence en nous reveillant a quatre heures du matin. Nous sommes alles a l ' aeroport en autobus. Arrivant a l ' aeroport nous avons attendu pour vingt minutes dans le froid quand on a attendu les employees de C.P. Air, et cela jusqu ' a sept heures moins vingt cinq, quand 1 ' avion est parti pour Vancouver. A huit heures un autre avion nous a pris a Montreal. Enfin, la bas, a cinq heures et demie il y avait un autobus qui etait venu nous prendre pour Quebec. Apres une promenade de trois heures et demie, nous sommes arrives au College des Jesuites ou nous avons ren- contre no jumeaux. Mon jumeau s ' appelle Pierre- Stephane Poitras. Enfin, apres une longue journee, je me suis couche a onze heures et demie. mardi, le 2 novembre Le matin je me suis reveille a huit heures. Tout le groupe et trois francophones se sont rencontres a la porte de St. Jean. Mr. Levoie nous a montre tout le vieux Quebec. Des exemples sont le Chateau Frontenac et la forteresse du Quebec. Pour deux heures nous avons eu du temps libre et nous etions a pied. A une heure nous avons visite l ' assemblee nationale et rencontre un depute, dimanche, le 7 novembre Nous nous sommes (Geordie, Al, Jean et moi) reveilles a onze heures. Nous sommes alles a l ' aeroport de Dorval a une heure. Enfin, 1 ' avion est parti pour Vancouver apres une pose a Ottawa. A huit heures nous sommes arrives a Vancouver et quatre heures plus tard, nous somme partis pour Victoria, notre avion ayant ete retarde. Return visit of Quebec exchange students to Shawnigan - May 1983. The evening of Friday, May 6th saw the culmination of several weeks of complicated preparations - the arrival by air of our 24 ' twins ' from Quebec, 1 1 in Victoria and 13 in Vancouver. The initial weekend was spent at the homes of various Shawnigan boys; several groups of parents were kind enough to offer hospitality to those Shawnigan boys (and their twins) who lived too far from School to make going home practical. On the evening of Sunday, May 8th, a welcome reception was held in the School Library, and a hectic week of activities was thus launched. In the space of four days, visits were made to the Duncan Forest Museum; Crofton Pulp Mill; the Provincial Legislature; the Undersea Gardens and Royal London Wax Museum (Victoria); the Provincial Museum; Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Park; Witty ' s Lagoon (Sooke) and C.F.B. Esquimalt. All this time, we were blessed with superlative weather, which made for pleasant picnics at Skutz Falls and the Lagoon and greatly facilitated the smooth running of the entire programme. Evening activities consisted of a visit to the swimming pool in Duncan, to a movie in Victoria, and a badminton tournament in the gymnasium (which the School lost 8-1!). On the final evening of Thursday, May 12th, a farewell banquet was held in the Library. After a sumptuous feast prepared by Kim and her staff, a number of presentations were made and each of the Quebec boys was presented with a blue and silver Shawnigan sweat shirt. On the final day of the exchange we stopped at the Capilano Suspension Bridge followed by the salmon hatchery and dam and later to Stanley Park and the Aquarium. Our visitors left on the 2115 train to Calgary. In conclusion, a hectic week, but one much en- joyed by all participants. For this, no small amount of thanks are due to many members of staff and their wives and friends of the School. N.I. Coghlan 30