The Hiram H. Chittenden Locks were created in 1917, part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects inland lakes Washington and Union with the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean.

Fixing the fish ladder viewing areas is not going to rise to the top of that list for many years," Adams said. The fish ladder viewing area at the Ballard Locks will begin renovations winter 2017.

At the Ballard Locks this weekend, there’s a strong Chinook salmon run passing through — one of the strongest runs in the last decade. The number of fish is impressive, but what really caught ...

SEATTLE – Life is an upstream struggle. For proof, watch salmon swim slowly and gamely up the fish ladder at Hiram M. Chittenden Locks – which bills itself as the city's third-most-popular ...