123-22 



55° 28. 8' N. 132* 29 ' W. 



NUTKWA CREEK 



WEST COAST, CORDOVA BAY, NUTKWA INLET, NUTKWA LAGOON, Head. 



ADF STAT. No. 



WC 11 



Previous No . 55 



ADF No. 243 



OTHER SPECIES Coho, red. 

 ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Aug. -Oct. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Excellent. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. Observed temperatures: 57* F. , 9/4/49; 56. 6* F. , 8/16/50. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION Glacial. Both forks run through heavily wooded valleys fringed by snov^-capped 



mountain. 

 DRAINAGE 27. 8 square miles (polar planimeter). 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION The mouth lies at the head of Nutkwa Lagoon. Very little tidal 



area at the mouth due to small tides. 

 ANCHORAGE The W. shore should be favored when entering. 

 TRAILS AND SUR VEY ROUTES The stream is difficult to wade below the forks and is very brushy along the 



banks. Wadeable above the forks. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Excellent for aerial survey. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 60'/30" 



LENGTH 0. 1 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slow. 



BOTTOM Mostly sand. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Throughout large pools in intertidal area. 



SPAWNING AREAS Very little spawning in this area. 



GENERAL NOTES The intertidal zone is very short due to the small tides in the lagoon. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 3 miles to lake (N. fork). AVER A GE WID TH / DEPTH 6o'- 80 ' / 15"-30" 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Slow to moderate. 



BOTTOM Gravel. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS A 70' waterfall on the S. fork 1 mile upstream is impassable. 



TRIBUTARIES Main stream forks to the right at the 2 mile point. S. fork comes in 0. 5 mile above intertidal area. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Numerous large pools in the lower part are utilized for schooling. The pools are not 



well defined, generally only deep areas. 

 GENERAL NOTES The remains of an old weir are found 0. 2 mile upstream. This lagoon should be entered at 



slack tide in a small boat. Boats should favor the right shore. Survey should last through a tidal cycle. 



There has been considerable logging around the mouth of this stream. It is possible to survey stream on 11' 



or higher tides by entering the lagoon 1 hour before high tide and leaving 2 hours after or sooner. Inlet 



stream to lake affords 1. 5 miles of excellent spawning to red and coho. 



