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I 170.9 SQUIRREL VILLAGE CREEK ( Iliamna Lake) 



RED SALMON RUNS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: <I^ (I961) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 2^^-2,000 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: Aug. 1-Sept. 15 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: Aug. 20- Sept. 10 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Most spavming in lower O.3 mile, fish ascend 

 more than 1.3 miles upstream. Fish enter small tributary near mouth, 

 hiit distribution unknown. 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



SHELTER: Good shelter at mouth from southerly and easterly winds, mouth 

 exposed to northerly and westerly winds. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility obscured by brush after first 

 100 yards. Easily waded. 



PERSONAL- USE FISHERY: None reported. 



FISH SPECIES: Dolly Varden, rainbow. 



WILDLIFE SPECIES: 



REMARKS: Natives, at one time, camped and hunted squirrels in adjacent 

 moutains, hence the name of the creek. 



