The Hiram H. Chittenden Locks were created in 1917, part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects inland lakes Washington and Union with the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean.

1 / 5 Show Caption + SEATTLE - Members of the public tour the newly renovated fish ladder viewing room at the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Aug. 16, 2012.

It’s hard." The tough odds make us empathize. 12 secs Visitors to the Ballard Locks in Seattle react to a tenacious Chinook salmon with a huge seal bite on its back om August 18, 2023.

If you’re a seal, the Ballard Locks are a great place to find a snack. Seals eat a lot of salmon as they migrate through the Locks’ fish ladder to try to reach spawning grounds on the other side.

Salmon are swaggering through Ballard and it’s a show not to be missed. The windows at the fish ladder at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are shimmering with fish. Not just any fish, but the toast ...

Some crowd into the fish ladder viewing area to watch a surprisingly robust run of chinook salmon fighting their way upstream. Others gawk as a 120-foot motor yacht with a matching SUV on its deck ...

It’s a big weekend at the Ballard Locks as sockeye salmon return as part of their journey upstream to spawn. The sockeye travel 40-50 miles upriver to spawn in Lake Washington during the summer.

Beginning in 2020, Bogaard tested the TAST at the Ballard Locks. She found that although the number of seals in the area remained the same, the seals stayed farther from the fish ladder.

Start at the edge of the Ballard Locks in Magnolia, wander through a garden and see an Indigenous sculpture and a giant troll en route to a bell tower.

The windows at the fish ladder at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are shimmering with fish. Not just any fish, but the toast of Seattle, big silvery Chinook thick as a thigh.