122-20 



55° 27' N. 1 32' 53. 2' W. 



WEST COAST, BUCARF.U BAY, PORT ST. NICHOLAS, Head. 



ADF STAT. No. 



VJC 37 



Previous No. 49 



ADF No. 1 80 



FWS No. 15 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. OTHER SPECIES Coho. 



ESCAPFMENT TIMING Late. Aug. -Oct. (estimated). ESC AP EMENT MAGNITUDE 20,000 est. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Fair to good. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. No observed temperatures. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION A shallow valley with dense stands of trees at the mouth. Ground becomes more 



open upstream. 

 DRAINAGE 12.4 square miles (polar planimeter). Lake fed. Some large muskeg areas. 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters the head of St. Nicholas Bay. A 0. 5 mile tideflat is 



at the mouth. 

 ANCHORAGE Good anchorage can be found in Port St. Nicholas. A stream -built bar at the head of the 



bay makes the bay shallow rapidly. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES No well defined trails. Wadeable in certain are is. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Poor aerial visibility due to overhanging brush and trees and dark water. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.5 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIFS Moderate. 



BOTTOM Fine gravel in lower part, coarse above. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION Several hundred yards above the tree line. 



SCHOOLING AREAS The large pool just below the high tide mark. 



SPAV/NING AREAS Salmon spawn throughout this area. A good spawning area 



GENERAL NOTES 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 30'/6"-8' 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCE.SSIBLE >1 mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 20'- 30 ' / 8 " - 1 2'; 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Sand, gravel, and rock. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS A 30' falls 1.5 miles upstream is a total block. A smaller 6' falls about halfway to the upper falls 



does not present a block. 

 TRIBUTARIES None. 

 SCHOOLING AREAS Numerous pools. 

 SPAWNING AREAS Good spawning riffles are found up to the first falls, above this there is fair stretch of 



spawning gravel. 

 GENERAL NOTES Several areas of bedrock in first 0. 5 mile. 



