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N55° 26. 3 W131° 20. 3 Previous No. 93 
KETCHIKAN, CARROLL INIET, W. shore 1. 2 miles N. of Osten Island 
MAJOR SPECIES Pink OTHER SPECIES Chum 
ESCAPEMENT TIMING Late. Sep. -Oct. ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE <S5,000 
SPAWNING FACILITIES Limited primarily to the upper intertidal zone. 
STREAM TEMPERATURES Warm range (Estimated). 
VALLEY DESCRIPTION Stream cut through relatively flat muskeg area lying at the base of a mountain ridge. 
DRAINAGE 5 square miles (Polar Planimeter). Precipitation fed. Lake 1 mile long is 3 miles upstream. 
STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Head of small cove opposite Shoal Cove. 
ANCHORAGE 
TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES 
AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Restricted aerial visibility. 
INTERTIDAL ZONE 
LENGTH .-3 mile AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 30-50'/8-12" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 1° at 2' per second 
BOTTOM Gravel. 
HIGH TIDE LOCATION Head of grassflats at base of flume-like rapids. 
SCHOOLING AREAS 
SPAWNING AREAS _ Good spawning facilities for 300 yards below rapids at high tide. 
GENERAL NOTES 
UPSTREAM 
LENGTH ACCESSIBLE AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 25'/8" 
GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 3° at 2-4' per second 
BOTTOM Bedrock. 
MARKER DISTANCE 
MARKER IDENTIFICATION 
BARRIERS _ Rapids above high tide (Passable). 
TRIBUTARIES Tributary enters from N. 2 miles upstream. 
SCHOOLING AREAS None reported. 
SPAWNING AREAS None reported above rapids. 
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 Ge .5) JERI 237 130 Poor 
1949 
Sep 16 Gyo, EWS 500 
1950 
Sep 29 A FRI Fair showing in lower stream. 
No dead observed 
1953 
Oct 5 G FWS 3 23 >100 Poor 
1956 
Sep 1 FWS 5 850 
Sep 2 FWs 850 
