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...bottleneck to the spawning grounds had been the roaring Fraser River chasm called Hell's Gate. Railroad dynamiting in 1913 had spilled tons of rock into the gorge, partially blocking it. Thousands of salmon swimming upstream perished in the turbulent watery so that the number returning four years later was greatly decreased. The loss to the industry was measured in millions annually...
...Hell's Gate is open, thanks to a joint U.S.-Canadian Salmon Fisheries Commission. About half of a $2 million appropriation has been spent to create flume-like fishways which slow the rush of water, give the sockeyes a chance to rest in artificial pools in their upstream struggle. The commission hopes to restore the sockeye cycle to the pre-1913 catch of $35 million a year. But it will not know for sure whether it has succeeded until 1950, when the spawn of the present generation comes home...
...seems unlikely, TIME'S upstream-minded Map Department to the contrary...
Saturday's contest will be featured by a reversal of the regular course direction. The race will be rowed upstream, starting from the usual finish line opposite Filene's warehouse on the river and ending just below the Cottage Farm Bridge opposite the Technology Boat House...
...difficult. Were we to carry them on the shaky litters in the dark, they would suffer unbearable pain and lose dangerously large quantities of blood. Our rescuing angel in this difficult situation is a Japanese Protestant pastor. He has brought up a boat and offers to take our wounded upstream to a place where progress is easier...