101-41 KAH SHAKES CREEK K 19 
N55°02.8 W 130°58.3 Previous No. 14A 
KETCHIKAN, REVILLAGIGEDO CHANNEL, KAH SHAKES COVE, N.E. arm of cove 
MAJOR SPECIES Red, coho OTHER SPECIES Pink, chum, trout 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. (pinks) ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Limited to several small streams above Kah Shakes lake. Intertidal and . 2 miles of 
stream below lake not suitable for spawning. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range. Drainage is in lowlands with small ponds and muskeg. 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Low, flat lands at base of Quadra Mountain. 
DRAINAGE Less than 3 square miles drainage area (estimated). Precipitation fed through three small tributaries, 
one with several small ponds. Some small timber areas, most with brushy muskeg flats. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Lies at the head of a small inlet running E. -N.E. from Kah Shakes Cove. 
ANCHORAGE Good anchorage in main cove. See U.S. Coast Pilot. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES No tails. Access to stream by skiff through intertidal lagoon. Lake tributaries 
are accessible by light plane, capable of good take-off performance. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Visibility is totally restricted for aerial enumeration. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .2 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  15'/9" (stream section) 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Less than 1” at 1° per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock, small boulders, some sand. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION The rapids below the lagoon: Tides greater than 17' are reported to flow into the lagoon. 
SCHOOLING AREAS Kah Shakes Cove. 
SPAWNING AREAS _ None below lagoon available for spawning. One small area at rapids below lagoon has been 
observed to have a few salmon spawning. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE _ .8 miles to lake AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH  10!/<12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Less than 1° at 2' per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock, boulders, some sand and limited gravel. 
MARKER DISTANCE 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION 
BARRIERS None. 
TRIBUTARIES Three small tributaries enter lake. The main stream enters the S.E. head of the lake through 
grass flats. This stream is 8'/8" with a current less than 2' per second over gravel. 
SCHOOLING AREAS The lagoon (less than . 4 miles of the upstream) is a schooling area. There are a number 
of pools above the lagoon where schooled salmon have been observed. 
SPAWNING AREAS In the limited gravel areas in the stream below the lake. The major spawning area above 
the lake is in the S.E. tributary. 
GENERAL NOTES The lake is about .9 miles long and . 6 miles wide at an eleyation of 10' above mean high 
tide. The shores of the lake are low and wooded, grassy around the edges, with beaches of rock, gravel, and 
sand. The red salmon (sockeye) run was reported by Moser in 1901. 
ESCAPEMENT RECORD 
[Counts made by ground surveys are designated by G. Aerial surveys by A] 
SURVEYED PINK CHUM OTHER SPECIES REMARKS 
Date Miles By Live Dead Live Dead Live Adjective Rating 
1927 
Sep 28 FWS 100 
1947 
er 1 G .1FRI,FWS 25 Poor. 5 at mouth 
1955 
July 25 G FWS 500 at mouth 
Aug 24 G FWS 300 at mouth 
