The man who twice swam the length of B.C.B次元官网网址檚 longest river is this yearB次元官网网址檚 inductee into the Fraser River Hall of Fame.

An induction ceremony for Fin Donnelly is planned for the night of Tuesday, Nov. 9 at Fraser River Discovery Centre, located on Quayside Drive in New Westminster.

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A bio notes that from 1990 to 2000, Donnelly made 14 B次元官网网址渆nvironmental marathon swims, covering more than 3,200 kilometres in B.C.B次元官网网址檚 rivers, lakes and ocean,B次元官网网址� including twice swimming the 1,375-kilometre length of the Fraser River in 1995 and 2000 B次元官网网址渢o draw attention to the declining health of these water bodies and to encourage communities to engage in environmental advocacy.B次元官网网址�

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Donnelly is the founder of and co-founder of Fraser Watershed Initiative.

In politics for nearly two decades, Donnelly is currently the , and serves as the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

B次元官网网址淪ince 1995, he has spoken to more than 60,000 people in hundreds of B.C. schools and communities about sustainable living,B次元官网网址� a bio notes. B次元官网网址淚n 1991, Fin was honoured by the Squamish Nation with the name Iyim Yewyews, which means strong swimmer in the animal world or Orca.B次元官网网址�

All proceeds of the Fraser River Hall of Fame support the discovery centreB次元官网网址檚 educational and public programming. range in price from $20 (B次元官网网址渙nline celebration onlyB次元官网网址�) to $150 (B次元官网网址渙nline celebration and charcuterie for twoB次元官网网址�). An in-person ticket is $125.

As of Oct. 19, $4,000 of the $20,000 goal has been raised.

Since 1991, Fraser River Hall of Fame inductees have included Chick & Marilyn Stewart, Bill Sauder, Wendy Grant, , and , among others.

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