The Long Way
Deer Lodge County
People in waders work in indoor fish hatchery tanks.
Plate I. Spawning trout at Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From ravallirepublic.com
A view of a grassy park with trees and a pathway.
Plate II. Park grounds, Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From southwestmt.com
A person working at a fish hatchery.
Plate III. Spawning trout at Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From ravallirepublic.com
People wearing orange gloves handle fish over mesh strainers.
Plate IV. Stripping trout eggs, Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From ravallirepublic.com
A person wearing a blue cap and waders pours liquid from a metal bowl into another bowl by a pool.
Plate V. Spawning trout, Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From ravallirepublic.com
Fish swim in clear shallow water with sunlit patterns on the bottom.
Plate VI. Trout in display pond, Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From southwestmt.com
An exterior view of a single-story building with a circular concrete structure in front.
Plate VII. Visitor center building, Washoe Park Trout Hatchery. From myfwp.mt.gov

Washoe Park Trout Hatchery

Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana. State-run hatchery; 2008-01-01 to 2008-12-31.

Details

Map. Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana. Larger map
Where
Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, MT. No street address stated. Directions
When
The hatchery grounds are open during daylight hours.
Getting there
Heading west on Montana Highway 1 into Anaconda. Turn right at light on Main St. left onto Pennsylvania St., drive 1/4 mile and the hatchery is on the right. Heading east on Montana Highway 1 into Anaconda; turn left at light onto Main St., cross west bound lane and continue to Pennsylvania St., turn left and follow 1/4 mile to hatchery on the right.
Fees
No Site Fees.
Access
Pets must be on a leash at all times. Discharge of weapons prohibited year round. The hatchery grounds are open during daylight hours.
Website
myfwp.mt.gov
Managed by
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE & PARKS.
Established
1907.
Coordinates
46.13424, -112.95993.

Washoe Park also has the state's oldest fish hatchery located at the east end of the park.

Notable Events

  1. 1907The first state fish hatchery was approved by the 1907 Legislative Assembly and built in Anaconda in 1908 under the direction of C. F. Healea; it was credited with noticeably increasing the number of fish in Montana streams. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org
  2. 1984The founding population of the hatchery's westslope cutthroat broodstock was taken from tributaries of Hungry Horse Reservoir and the lower Clark Fork drainage in 1984 and 1985. myfwp.mt.gov

People

  • C. F. Healea, directed construction of the first state fish hatchery, built at Anaconda.

Sources

  1. myfwp.mt.gov/fwpPub/landsMgmt/siteDetail.action?lmsId=39754097
  2. southwestmt.com/listings/washoe-park
  3. ravallirepublic.com/outdoors/collection_c45c7be2-6cb7-526d-a1d1-565c2a1c283d.html
  4. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv78323