ADF STAT. No. 

 141.2n WR 33 



56°03.2' N. 132*13' W. Previous No. 45 



WRANGELL, ERNEST SOUND, CANOE PASSAGE, NW. of Brovmson Island . 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink. OTHER SPECIES Chum. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle. Augi-Sept. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range. Observed temperatures: 48* F. , 9/3/52; 47.5*F. , 9/11/52; 



51*F. , 9/17/52; 53*F. , 9/4/53; 50.5*F. , 9/13/53. 

 VALLEY DESCRIPTION 

 DRAINAGE 4. 3 square miles (polar planimeter). Drains a lake 1. 2 miles long ondO- 4 mile wide, lying 



1. 5 miles above the mouth. 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters Canoe Passage directly opposite the middle of its 



N. entrance. Heavily wooded at the mouth. A short tidal area. 

 ANCHORAGE Canoe Passage , eastward of Brownson Island, widens and affords anchorage. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Good aerial visibility. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.4mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 15V3"-6". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Gentle to moderate. 



BOTTOM Mostly gravel. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Very few pools. 



SPAWNING AREAS Good spawning gravel is found in the upper 0. 2 mile. 



GENERAL NOTES This zone meanders through a grass flat. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 1. 5 miles to lake- AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 10'/6". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Small rock — fair spawning gravel. 



MARKER DISTANCE .0.5 mile. 



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