I 278.7 KAKHONAK RIVER ( Iliarana Lake) 



RED SAIilOM RUI\iS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: <l/. (1958) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 0-2,000 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: July 25-Sept. 3O 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: Sept. 1-10 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Spawning at various scattered points, but 

 heaviest just below lower falls. 



GENERAL IIJFORMATION 



SHELTER: Excellent shelter available for any boat at mouth of river. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility good. Ground survey practi- 

 cally impossible, drifting hazardous and difficult because of rapids. 



PERSONAL-USE FISHERY: None reported. 



FISH SPECIES: Dolly Varden, rainbow, lake trout, whiteiish, grayling. 



WILDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, moose, seagulls. 



REMARKS: A hunting and fishing lodge located near lower falls. A fish- 

 way constructed at lower falls in 1921, washed out in fall of 1923 . 

 A close inspection of the Kakhonak river system made by ADF in I956. 

 Account of trip appears in annual report of that year. 



