172 SALMON FISHEKIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Fraser River. — The first hatchery established by the Dominion of 

 Canada on the Pacific coast was erected in 1884 at what is now Bon 

 Accord, a point on the lower river some 4 miles above New West- 

 minster, and on the opposite shore. The next built was in 1901 on 

 Granite Creek, Shuswap Lake, which discharges into the Fraser 

 through the South Thompson River, the lake being about 280 miles 

 from New Westminster. In 1904 another hatchery was established 

 on Harrison Lake on the Lillooet River, first large tributary of the 

 Fraser on the north side; also one about 4 miles east of the lower 

 extremities of Pemberton Meadows, at the junction of Owl Creek 

 and the Birkenhead River, 4 miles above its confluence with the 

 eastern branch of the Lillooet River, which in turn discharges into 

 Lillooet Lake. In 1907 a hatchery was built on Stuart Lake, near 

 the headwaters of the Fraser. 



The Province of British Columbia owns Seton Lake Hatchery, 

 which was established in 1903 on Lake Creek, on the north side, about 

 half a mile from the outlet of Seton Lake, and it has been operated 

 continuously ever since. Seton Lake is a part of the Fraser River 

 chain and is some 300 miles above the mouth of the river. Lake 

 Creek, the outlet of Seton Lake, empties into the Cayoosh Creek, a 

 tributary of the Fraser, 45 miles north of the latter's junction with 

 the Thompson, and 1 mile south of the town of Lillooet. 



Nimpkish River. — In .1902 Mr. S. A. Spencer, of the Alert Bay 

 cannery (now belonging to the British Columbia Packers' Associa- 

 tion), in return for certain special fishery privileges granted by the 

 Dominion, established a hatchery on this river, which is located on 

 the northeast shore of Vancouver Island. The hatchery was burned 

 down in 1903, but was immediately rebuilt. Since its establishment 

 it has been operated by the Dominion. 



Rivers Inlet. — A hatchery was established by the Dominion on 

 McTavish Creek, one of the tributaries of Oweekayno Lake, about 20 

 miles up Rivers Inlet, in 1905, and has been operated ever since. 



SJceena River. — In 1902 the Dominion established a hatchery on 

 Lakelse Lake, in the Skeena River basin, about 65 miles up the river 

 from Port Essington. In 1907 another was cdhstructed on Babine 

 Lake, the source of the Skeena River. 



