168 SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



WASHINGTON. 



Willapa River. — In 1899 Washington established a hatchery on 

 Trap Creek, a tributary of the Willapa River, situated about 200 

 yards from the creek's mouth. 



Chehalis River. — The construction of a hatchery on the Chehalis 

 River, about 4 miles above the city of Montesano, was begun by the 

 State in October, 1897, but owing to bad weather and extreme high 

 water was not completed until late in 1898. The hatchery was a 

 failure until 1902 when a fair season was had, as was again true in 

 1903. It was not operated in 1904. Since the State began taking 

 eggs from the Satsop River, a tributary of the Chehalis, it has been 

 possible to fill the hatchery each season. 



Puget Sound and tributaries. — In 1896 the State established a 

 hatchery on Baker Lake, which is the head of Baker River, a tribu- 

 tary of the Skagit River, and this was the first establishment for 

 the hatching of sockeye salmon. In July, 1899, it was sold to the 

 United States Fish Commission. In 1901 steelhead trout eggs were 

 collected on Phinney Creek, about 5 miles from the town of Birds- 

 view, and some 30 miles from Baker Lake. In 1901 an auxiliary 

 station was opened at Birdsview, on Skagit River, and steelhead 

 trout eggs were collected on Phinney and Grandy Creeks and brought 

 to Baker Lake to be hatched. 



In 1898 a private hatchery (the necessa^ money being raised by 

 subscription among the residents of Fairhaven, now Bellingham, 

 and vicinity) was built near Lake Samish, a few miles from Fair- 

 haven. 



In 1899 a hatchery was built by the State on Kendall Creek, a 

 tributary of the Nooksack River, about 300 yards from same, and 

 about 2 miles from the railway station of Kendall. Except in 1903, 

 this hatchery has since been operated continuously. An eyeing 

 station was built in 1907 on the south fork of the Nooksack River, 

 about 1 mile from Acme. 



In the same year the State built a hatchery on the Skokomish 

 River, about 4 miles from its mouth. An eyeing station was also 

 erected on the north fork of the same river. The main station was 

 not operated in 1904 and only on a small scale in 1903 and 1905. 



The State in 1899 built a hatchery on Friday Creek, a tributary 

 of the Samish River, situated about 1 mile from the mouth of the 

 creek. 



The following State hatcheries were first operated in 1900. Sno- 

 homish hatchery, built on the west bank of the Skykomish River, a 

 few miles from its mouth; Nisqually River hatchery, built on Muck 

 Creek, about one-half mile from the Nisqually River, and about 4 

 miles from the town of Roy, in Pierce County; and the Stillaguamish 

 hatchery, located on the Stillaguamish River, about 4 miles from the 



