Horsefly River Salmon Festival sees high attendance both in and out of the water

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Both the weather and salmon cooperated for this year’s Horsefly River Salmon Festival, making it one of the busiest in and out of the water. “We’re estimating about 700 people came this year,” says Helen Englund, Treasurer of the Horsefly River Roundtable. “We had local people from Horsefly, Williams Lake, Likely, Anahim, and Nazko. We also had international visitors from Washington, Germany, and Switzerland.”An estimated 50,000 salmon were seen swimming up the Horsefly River. That’s an activity we do each year, and I don’t see us ever not doing it.”The salmon wasn’t just enjoyed by the humans coming to visit Horsefly River.