World's largest congregation of eagles begins in Harrison Mills

HARRISON MILLS — Along the Harrison River in B.C., thousands of eagles are gathering to gorge on salmon that have reached the spawning ground.
David Hancock, a biologist who has been studying eagles for about 65 years, says the world’s largest congregation of bald eagles happens on the river in the little community of Harrison Mills, about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver.
“Last Saturday morning I did a survey off the river and there were just over 7,000 eagles in the area,&rdq