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KETCHIKAN, BEHM CANAL, Opposite Smeaton Island, 1.3 miles N. Point Trollop 
MAJOR SPECIES OTHER SPECIES 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Limited to intertidal zone and portions of the short upstream section below falls. No 
observations have been made during spawning and evaluation of facilities unknown. Rated as poor (1947). 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range (estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Lower 2 miles of stream flows across flat lava bed area at base of mountains. Above 2 mile 
mark, stream flows from shozt glacial valley 4 miles long to cirque head. Flats are well timbered. 
DRAINAGE Precipitation fed. Small pond in lava flats. Some muskeg in flats and glacial valley. Bare rock in upper 
elevations. 
STREAM MOUTH [IDENTIFICATION Inside a lava point on $.E. corner of small bight. Igneous rock on S. 
side of steam, granitic on N. side. Small gravel beach on N. side of mouth. 
ANCHORAGE | Just inside of the lava point on S. side of bight. Exposed to swells from S.W. 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Short, easily walked stream. 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Not surveyed by air. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .1 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 40-50'/12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 2° at 2-3' per second 
BOTTOM Rock and boulders, some gravel and sand. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION Head of riffle at bend toward E. just inside tree line. 
SCHOOLING AREAS None reported. 
SPAWNING AREAS _ None reported. 
GENERAL NOTES The intertidal zone comprises 75% of the stream suitable for spawning. Only one survey available 
at this time made too late reported no fish. However, streams like this have been observed to have runs of several 
thousand. 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE  .1 miles AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 40-50!/12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 2° at 2-3° per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock and boulders, little gravel. 
MARKER DISTANCE .1 miles. 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION 15! falls. 
BARRIERS Falls. 
TRIBUTARIES None accessible to salmon. 
SCHOOLING AREAS None reported. 
SPAWNING AREAS None reported. 
GENERAL NOTES 
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 
1947 
Oct 4 Sars eR No fish seen 
