123-23 



54' 53. 8' N. 132° 20' W. 



WEST COAST, CORDOVA BAY, HUNTER BAY, 0. S mile from head, N. shore. 



ADF STAT. No. 



WC 3 



ADF No. 258 



Previous FWS No. IB 



OTHER SPECIES Coho, sockeye. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Aug. -Sep. (estimated). 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Fair. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. No observed temperatures- 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION 



DRAINAGE 4 square miles (polar planimeter). 



STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION 



ANCHORAGE Refer to WC 2. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Up right bank and then wade stream. 



AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Cannot survey by air due to dark water and brushy banks. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.1 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Mostly rubble with some gravel. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Off mouth to bight down right shore. 



SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES Very little intertidal spawning. 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 3S'-40719"- 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE To lake. 

 GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate to slow. 

 BOTTOM Coarse gravel, rock, boulders, and bedrock. 

 MARKER DISTANCE 

 MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS Log jam at 0. 3 mile barrier at low flow. 

 TRIBUTARIES None. 

 SCHOOLING AREAS In small pools, 



SPAWNING AREAS Throughout where gravel is available and in rubble. 

 GENERAL NOTES Not reported as one of the main streams in Hunter Bay> 

 years. 



ESCAPEMENT RECORD 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 20'-2SV8" 



however amazing production in some 



[Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G. Aerial surveys by A] 



OTHER SPECIES REMARKS 



Live Adjective r ating 



Fair 



Fair 



Good 



Poor 



Good. Few chum. Pink good 



Good showing at mouth 



Fish present all way to lake 



15,000 pink at mouth 



1,000 pink at mouth. Visibility poor 



