ADF STAT. No. 

 122-32 WC 50 



55*42.7' N. 133°19' W. Previous No. 35 



ADF No. 167 

 WEST COAST, TONOWEKBAY, NOSSUK BAY, Head of Bay in S. E. comer. FWS No. 21 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. OTHER SPECIES Coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Aug. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Good. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Worm range. Observed temperature: 51' F. , 9/11/50. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION The stream winds through a stream -cut valley flowing IsTE. and then SW. into 



Nossuk Bay. 

 DRAINAGE 11 square miles (polar planimeter). Precipitation fed. 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION The stream winds across a long, narrow tideflat before entering 



Nossuk Bay 

 ANCHOR AGE Nossuk Anchorage, in the northern part of the bay 0. 5 mile S. of Tonowek Narrows affords 



excellent anchorage. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Wadeable. Game trails follow both banks, 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Poor for aerial surveying due to dark water. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0.5 mile. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 40'-50'. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Moderate. 



BOTTOM Gravel and sand, 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Several large pools scattered throughout this zone are utilized as well as the bay 

 off the mouth of the stream. 



SPAWNING AREAS Good spawning gravel is found throughout the upper stretch. 



GENERAL NO TES The stream forks in the intertidal zone. The N. fork has the largest salmon escape- 

 ment and is the most important fork. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE Smiles. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 17' -28'/ 14" -22". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITES Swift. 



BOTTOM Sand and gravel. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS Several log jams. 



TRIBUTARIES None. 



SCHOOLING AREAS Small pools are frequent, with an occasional large pool. 



SPAWNING AREAS Good spawning areas throughout. Some bedrock upstream. 



GENERAL NOTES 



