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line is not attractive as a spawning area, the water being sliallow and the 

 bottom covered largely with rocks. At the head of the lake, however, is a 

 small area with good gravel, and here were 2,500 red salmon. In Little Togiak 

 River were about 500 spawning red salmon. Examined September 14. 



Creek No. 23 is a small mountain stream entering the head of Little Togiak 

 Lake. Its length is 2 miles, and salmon do not ascend. 



Creek No. 24 enters on the soutHAvest shore of the lake 1 mile southeast of the 

 outlet of Little Togiak River, is one-third mile in length, and drains a small 

 lake 1 mile long and one-fourth mile wide. The creek is small and the lake 

 shallow. Salmon do not enter. 



Creek No. 25 enters on the southwest shore of the lake li miles southeast of 

 the outlet of Little Togiak River, is 2 miles long, and drains a small lake one- 

 half mile in diameter. Stream and lake have good gravel, and salmon were 

 spawning in both. Estimated to contain 1,000 red salmon. Examined Sep- 

 tember 13. 



Creeks Nos. 26, 27, and 2S enter along the southwest shore of the lake. They 

 are short, draining mountain ravines, and are entirely unsuitable for spawning. 



Of the 160 miles of shore line of Lake Nerka proper, 90 miles is suitable for 

 spawning. Salmon were spawning in 20 distinct areas with a total length of 

 22 miles. The areas are well distributed around the lake, most of them center- 

 ing at the mouths of tributary streams. Salmon ^\•ere most abundant in two 

 areas, one on each side of the long peninsula on the northwest shore of the 

 lake, but were certainly not crowded. It was estimated that the lake-shore 

 spawning areas totaled 31,000 red salmon. 



The river connecting Beverly Lake with Nerka Lake is 2 miles long and flows 

 south. This was found to be the most difficult of ascent of the four connecting 

 rivers. The water is swift and the channel strewn with large bowlders, which 

 makes the river unsuitable for spawning. While ascending the river August 

 29 thousands of salmon were seen in the eddies. They seemed weak, and upon 

 examination were found to have spawned. While descending the river Sep- 

 tember S fully 30.000 dead and dying salmon were found along the shores and 

 in the eddies. Several hundred of the dead fish wei-e examined. All were 

 spawned out. They did not spawn in the river, but must have spawned along 

 the shores of Lake Beverly above, and upon becoming weak dropped back into 

 the river, where the swift rapids made short Vv'ork of them. 



Beverlj/ Lale. — Beverly Lake is the second largest of the Wood River lakes, 

 with a length of about 20 miles and an average width of 4 miles. From the 

 outlet to inlet the direction is west-northwest. In the lake are four islands. 

 All are rocky, and gulls and terns do not nest on them. Twelve tributary 

 streams enter the lake, of which three are ascended by salmon. A brief 

 description of the tributaries follows : 



Creeks Nos. 29, 30. 31, 32, and 33 are small streams that enter the lake along 

 the north shore. Salmon do not ascend any of them, although Nos. 30 and 31 

 have small patches of good gravel. The creeks all head in the low timbered 

 country to the north of the lake. 



Creek No. 34 enters the liead of the bay on the north shoi-e of the lake about 

 7 miles below the mouth of the river coming down from Fourth Lake. Length, 

 1 mile ; source, tundra ; no salmon. 



Creek No. 35 enters on the north shore of the lake about 4 miles below the 

 outlet of the river cfiming down from Fourth Lake. Its length is IJ miles. 

 The stream has good gravel bottom and drains a small mountain valley, but 

 salmon do not enter. 



Creek No. 36 e:!ters on the north shore of the lalce about 2 miles below the 

 outlet of the river coming down from Fourth Lake. This stream drains a 

 small mountain valley and is 2 miles long. It has good gravel bottom for a 

 distance of one-half mile above the mouth, and 500 red salmon were spawning 

 here. Examined August 30 and 31. 



Creek No. 37 enters the lake one-half mile south of the outlet of the river 

 coming down from Fourth Lake, is 1 mile long, and has its source at the base 

 of a large mountain to the west. It has good gravel, but salmon do not ascend. 



Creek No. 38 enters the head of the north arm on the upper end of the lake. 

 This is Beverly's largest tributary with a length of 4 miles and an average 

 width of 15 feet. The stream drains a mountain valley. The water in the 

 lower 2 miles flows slowly with an average depth of 3 feet. Five thousand red 

 salmon spawned here. Examined September 5. 



(^reek No. 39 enters the head of the south arm on the upper end of the lake. 

 This is a small mountain stream 1 mile long and has no salmon. 



