Visitors to Hardy Falls in Peachland are making a mess where Deep Creek flows into Okanagan Lake – and at least one nature lover is furious about it.
Trevor Spannier says he visited Hardy Falls Regional Park over the weekend and was "thoroughly disgusted" by what he saw.
Spannier went to the popular park to check out the the spawning kokanee.
When he crossed Highway 97 to the mouth of the creek to watch the fish swim up, he was disappointed to find trash littering the beach.
He walked from Deep Creek to nearby Antlers Beach and collected two shopping bags full of rubbish.
"It would be great if this could be brought to the attention of locals and visitors being that it is an active spawning ground for the kokanee," he told Castanet.
Spannier said he was "truly appalled" by the lack of respect for the fish habitat and environment.