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Salmon challenge Bailey’s Chute

Large chinook salmon attempt to swim past rapids in the Clearwater River but without success
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A girl watches from the shore as salmon attempt to swim up the Clearwater River at Bailey’s Chute. The rapid was named after Jim Bailey, an engineer who drowned in the river just downstream from the chute named after him. Photo by Ulrich Schneider

Large chinook salmon attempt to swim past rapids in the Clearwater River but without success

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A large salmon, probably a chinook, attempts to swim up past Bailey’s Chute on the Clearwater River in Wells Gray Park. Although their attempts are unsuccessful, it is worthwhile to spend some time watching them in late August and September. Photo by Ulrich Schneider