The Fluvarium

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The Fluvarium

The Fluvarium is a non-profit, freshwater interpretation centre located in St. John's, Newfoundland and is part of the Quidi Vidi/Rennie's River Development Foundation. It has nine large underwater windows allowing a view beneath the surface of Nagle's Hill Brook and exhibits about freshwater environments.

1 Windows
2 Other Exhibits
3 The Duck Race
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Windows

The Fluvarium's biggest attraction is its nine windows looking into a diverted section of Nagle's Hill Brook. The system is designed to show typical areas in a river system, such as a riffle area, where the fish spawn. The majority of the fish seen through these windows are brown trout, a species introduced into Newfoundland in 1884^[1] . Fish can enter and exit the diverted section of Nagle's Hill Brook using a fish ladder.

[edit] Other Exhibits

In addition to the Nagle's Hill Brook windows the Fluvarium also has a number of educational exhibits concerning fresh water environments. This includes a number of interactive displays each with a specific theme relating to freshwater environments such as marshes and bogs.

The Fluvarium also houses a number of aquariums, some fed with stream water from Nagle's Hill Brook. These aquariums house species of animals from around Newfoundland such as Atlantic Salmon, the American Eel, and the Green Frog. There are also several amphibians kept there which are not native to Newfoundland, but arrived by accident, such as the Cuban Tree Frog which came aboard a tractor trailer carrying a shipment to Wal-Mart from Florida.

[edit] The Duck Race

The Duck Race is a popular annual fund raising event for the Quidi Vidi/Rennie's River Development Foundation. Rubber ducks are sponsored for a race down Rennie's River with the first three ducks to cross the finish line winning a prize for their sponsors.