123-23 



54°52.2'N. 132°17.4' W. 



HUNTER CREEK 



WEST COAST, CORDOVA BAY, HUNTER BAY, Head . 



ADF STAT. No. 



WC 2 



ADF No. 256 



Previous FWS No. 1 



FRI No. 45 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. 

 ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Aug. -Oct. 



OTHER SPECIES Coho, red, trout. 

 ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 80,000-100,000. 



yds. 



. 5*F. , 8/15/50; 63'F. , 8/23/50; 

 8/19/51; 58'F. , 8/31/53; 55° F. 

 9/26/52; 59' F. , 9/4/53; 54' F. , 



55' F. 



9/15/53; 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. Estimated spawning area 50, 000 sq 

 STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. Observed temperatures: 59 



9/3/50; 53.5°E, 9/13/50; 52°F. , 9/28/50; 59' F. , 8/11/51; 62*F. , 



9/18/51; 53°F. , 10/1/51; 58°F. , 8/29/52; 54°F. , 9/10/52; 54° F. , 



49° F. , 9/27/53. 

 VALLEY DESCRIPTION Flows through a broad flat. Wooded along the stream, some open ground away from 



the stream. 

 DRAINAGE 5.5 square miles (polar planimeter). Fed by numerous lakes and large muskeg areas. 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters the head of a small lagoon. A bedrock outcropping is visible 



near the high tide mark. 

 ANCHORAGE Only small boats can go as far as the head of the bay. Favor the Turn Point shore in entering. A 



good anchorage is found 2 miles E. from the entrance in 10 to 15 fathoms. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Best surveyed by skiff in lower part; skiffs may be lined over the first falls 



Observation is difficult from the banks. A trail follows the right bank. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Stream difficult to survey without low flow and good light. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 80'-100'/18"-24" . 



LENGTH 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Steep. 



BOTTOM Large boulders and bedrock. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION At the foot of the 2' falls. 



SCHOOLING AREAS TTie major schooling area is the large pool just below the high tide mark. 



SPAWNING AREAS No spawning in this area. 



GENERAL NOTES 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 3. 5 miles to lake. AVER AGE WIDTH/ DEPTH 60'-125'/10"-33" 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slow. 

 BOTTOM Gravel and large rocks. 

 MARKER DISTANCE 

 MARKER IDENTIFICATION 

 BAR RIERS 



TRIBUTARIES A tributary enters from the right 200 yards above the high tide mark. 

 SCHOOLING AREAS Many resting pools throughout the streams length. 



SPAWNING AREAS Almost continuous spawning gravel is available in lower portion and intermittently above. 

 GENERAL NOTES The stream is generally wide and slow with a few rapids. TTie mile of stream between the 

 two lakes is utilized by pink and chum; the many inlet streams to the lakes by red and coho. 



