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I 105.9 CANYON CREEK ( Iliamna Lake) 



RED SAmON RUNS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: <l/o (1956) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 100-112,000 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: Aug. 1-Oct. 1 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: Aug. 15-Sept. 15 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Spawning throughout lover 2 miles and in several 

 old creek channels in this area. 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



SHELTER: Excellent shelter available in outlet slough for small boats. 

 Mouth exposed to all but northwesterly winds. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility fair. Creek easily waded 

 above mouth. Often convenient to survey Wolf Creek ponds firsi; then 

 hike overland to Canyon Creek and survey down stream. 



PERSONAL-USE FISHERY: Ann-ual personal-use fishery of varying intensity. 



FISH SPECIES: Dolly Varden, rainbow. 



WILDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, moose, seagulls. 



REMARKS: A fish camp and residence located at creek mouth. See Tomkok 

 Creek for description of watershed change involving Canyon and Tomkok 

 Creeks . 



