Salmon Run Days

September 18 – 20, 2026

Salmon Run Days began in 1974 as a picnic for the volunteers who cleaned up the river below the mill. Now it fills Heron Park and Depot Plaza for three days.

Highlights

• The Cardboard Boat Regatta. Build a boat from cardboard and tape, paddle it 100 yards across the slow water above the park. Most sink. Everyone cheers.
• The Lantern Walk. At dusk on Saturday, hundreds of salmon-shaped paper lanterns are carried along the greenway to the falls.
• Fish viewing at the falls. Volunteers from the Kestrel Watershed Council help you spot salmon resting below the falls.
• Food, music and a kids’ fishing pond all weekend at Heron Park.

Get involved

We need about 200 volunteers each year, and boat registrations open in July. Vendors can apply from May 1.