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winter. Probably at least a trickle of water remains, but it should not be 

 regarded as a hatchery creek for several reasons. 



Hundreds of redfish fry of the most recent hatch were seen opposite the 

 village August 4. As they did not come from the village creek they may repre- 

 sent some lake spawning in the lagoon or possibly they had migrated from some 

 distance. 



Creek 2. — August 7, 190S. Around the first point from the lagoon, on the 

 north shore. Small creek of brown water, too small for any use. Its course 

 lies through a considerable low growth of willows. The bay off its mouth is at 

 this date too shallow for the draft of a small launch. 



Creek 3. — August 7, 1!)08. Opposite inner end of a small island. A small, un- 

 important creek of brown water. Temperature of the strait separating the 

 island from mainland at this point, at 9.15 a. m., 52° F. 



Creek .'/.—August 7, 1908. A little west of No. 2. Temperature 45° F. About 

 1,000 spawning salmon were seen in less than a half mile of the meander. 

 Many eggs were seen, and on a shallow riffle 22 fish were counted drifting by 

 downstream during 10 minutes. The water was of a brownish color and con- 

 siderably roiled, probably by salmon above. The gradient is very gradual, 

 and there is no place for a dam, nor is it a good hatchery stream. Fifty salmon 

 were seen crowded into one small hole, and many were schooling at the mouth. 



Creek 5, North Shore Creek. — Opposite a point a little east of the tip of the 

 high peninsula of the south shore. August 7, 190S, 12.30 p. m., temperature 

 52° F. It is 6 to 16 feet wide, with plenty of water, and carried some sediment, 

 probably not produced by the salmon on the beds above. Near the mouth the 

 stakes of a native barricade were seen. There were not many salmon off the 

 mouth, and only 200 to 300 were seen in from 200 to 300 yards of stream. The 

 bottom is of good gravel. A few redfish fry. the young of the season, and 

 many small sculpins were seen. The banks are flat, and there is no place to 

 dam. The creek comes from a valley between high mountains and may be many 

 miles long, with possibly many salmon above. The estuary is broad and very 

 shallow, and there is much uneven boggy ground around its mouth. The creek 

 has seen very much higher water than the present stage. It is not a hatchery 

 creek. Apparently there are fewer salmon in it than in much smaller creeks 

 even 10 days earlier. 



Creek 6, Spring Creek. — August 7, 1908. On the north shore about opposite 

 the high peninsula of the south shore. The approaches were rather shallow, but 

 a launch could get within 50 yards. The stream is about 1 mile long, with its 

 source in a beautiful spring emerging from elevated mossy rocks, making imme- 

 diately a gravelly pool about 60 feet in diameter. The temperature of the 

 spring was 38° F. and of the outlet to the pool 45° F. The upper readies to 

 the creek are 20 feet or more wide and are very shallow, with blackish stones 

 and gravel. Near the pool the gravel had a white tinge. The creek receives 

 some small spring tributaries, including one spring pool large enough for sal- 

 mon ; but the large spring mentioned is the main source, and the volume of 

 water is well maintained to this source. The rise is rapid enough for a gravity 

 storage of water, but there is no very good place for a dam. It runs close to a 

 hill at one point, but the banks are mostly low. 



On August 7, 1908, there were many finely colored salmon in and off the 

 very shallow mouth. All the salmon in the stream itself and in the two pools 

 wei'e counted: 



Total dead 1,610 



Total alive 2, 800 



Total entered creek to August 7 4, 410 



Shortly below the head spring a considerable reach of the stream had dead 

 fish only. 



The whole stream being accessible a complete census of spawners is possible. 

 Two visits to this stream in 1909 enabled some comparisons. On August 1 of 

 that year only 370 salmon had entered, of which 65 per cent were dead. The 

 spring pool contained 46, all alive. An excess of males appeared, and nearly all 

 fish were highly colored. The gulls had eaten the eyes and most of the flesh of 

 the dead salmon. One week later (August 8) the total tally of salmon was 555, 

 of which 71 per cent were dead. This is but 12J per cent of the total that had 

 entered the stream during the 1908 season up to August 7. In comparing these 

 figures the great escapement for 1908, as shown at the tally rack, should be 

 recalled. 



