122-13 



55° 21. 2' N. 1 33° 13. 4' W. 



ESTRF.LLA CREEK 



WEST COAST, BUCARELI BAY, PORT ESTRF.LLA, Head , 



ADF STAT. No. 



WC 28 



Previous No. 63 



ADF No. 187 



FWS No. 13 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. OTHER SPECIES Coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. (estimated). ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Fair. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. No observed temperatures. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION 



DRAINAGE 1. 9 square miles (polar planimeter). 



STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION The site of recent logging operations. A small tideflat.. 



ANCHORAGE Good anchorage at head of Port Estrella in fair weather, poor in N. E. winds. 



TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Can be waded at normal water levels. Cat roads can be found along 



the right side of the stream. Banks are very bushy. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Fair for aerial survey. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0. 1 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Gravel and boulders. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Off mouth. 



SPAWNING AREAS Limited to the upper portion. 



GENERAL NOTES 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 10'/6". 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE >1 mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 6-10'/6" 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Gravel and boulders. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



.MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS A 20' barrier 1 mile upstream is impassable; no good spawning area above it. 



TRIBUTARIES 



SCHOOLING AREAS Pools are scattered tliroughout this area. 



SPAWNING AREAS Spawning on all riffle areas throughout the distance surveyed. 



GENERAL NOTES Stream suffers from recent logging activities. 



ESCAPEMENT RECORD 



[Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G . Aerial surveys by AJ 



Stream suffers from recent logging 



