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silver trout
B.C.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a large game fish, Salmo gairdneri kamloops, native to the upper Columbia and Fraser Rivers; a landlocked steelhead.
See: Kamloops (trout)
Quotations
1907
Every local fisherman speaks of having caught a red side or a silver trout, and firmly believes they are distinct species. . . .
1922
The streams and rivers were full of trout--mountain, silver and speckled.
2
a dwarf landlocked salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, native to southern British Columbia.
See: kokanee
Quotations
1937
The Kokanee or "Silver Trout," which is in reality a landlocked Sockeye salmon, abounds in the larger lakes of the district. . . .