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Salmon Bay VCU8 



bcatecT"on the ~north#A*t portion of Prince of Wales Island. 

 This area contains combination of heavily forested mountains and 

 much lower level scrub muskeg complex. 



Salmon Bay is the best remaining area on northern Prince of Wales 

 Island which has not been cut. The extensive estuarine system 

 provides excellent waterfowl and black bear habitat. It has 

 always been one of the better deer areas on Prince of Wales Island. 

 Swans sometimes winter on Salmon Bay Lake. Although relatively 

 small, it is one of the highest value wildlife areas on Prince of 

 Wales Island. 



Salmon Bay watershed is presently the largest documented sockeye 



salmon producer on northern Prince of Wales Island. It contributes 

 a significant portion of sockeye, coho, pink, and chums to the 

 commercial gillnet fishery. Rearing habitat is extensive. An 

 undetermined amount of salmon and trout rear in this drainage. 

 It is one of the major coho producers in southeastern Alaska. 



