ADF.STAT. No. 

 57 o 03.4' N. 134°32.6' W. E 29 



EASTERN, FREDERICK SOUND, MURDER COVE, W. stream at head. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. OTHER SPECIES Coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle, Aug. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Cold-middle range Observed temperatures: 53. 5° F. , 8/20/48; 



44" F. , 9/10/48. 

 VALLEY DESCRIPTION Wide, flat valley, heavily timbered with a few muskegs scattered throughout. 



Stream rises toward the north sharply. 

 DRAINAGE 8. 1 square miles (polar planimeter). 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters through a long tideflat area at extreme head of bay. 



This stream and E 30 have the same intertidal area. 

 ANCHORAGE Vessels can lay at old cannery site located on E. shore at head of bay. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Stream has a slippery bottom in spots but is otherwise easily hiked. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Very difficult to survey from air above the intertidal area due to brush 



ovet story and muskeg water. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH a 5 mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 16'/7". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slight. 



BOTTOM Small gravel, some clay, and bedrock. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION End of grass flats at beginning of timber. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Schooling is done primarily off the stream mouth as the intertidal area is fairly 



shallow. 

 SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES A long, flat, intertidal zone. Stream joins another small stream which flows from 

 the right side of the head of the cove about three-quarters of the way up the intertidal zone. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 0. 5 surveyed. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 1677". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slow to moderate. 



BOTTOM Medium-sized gravel, some bedrock, and clay. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS None reported. 



TRIBUTARIES Two small streams enter this stream from a hill on the left going up, both impassable 



to fish. 

 SCHOOLING AREAS 



SPAWNING AREAS Good. 



GENERAL NOTES 



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