OUR GREATEST NATIONAL MONUMENT 



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SALMON JUMPING THE FALLS AT THE OUTLET OE LAKE BROOKS 



These falls, only five miles outside the boundaries of the park, are ascended annually 

 by many thousands of fish, pressing upstream to their spawning grounds in the lake at its 

 source. 



Photographs by E. C Kolb 



NATIVES DRYING SALMON AT THE MOUTH OE THE NAKNEK RIVER 



The catch from this single district, Bristol Bay, was worth in 1918 more than three times 

 the entire price paid by the United States for Alaska. Unfortunately, it must be added 

 that overfishing has so greatly reduced the runs that the canning industry will soon become 

 a thing of the past, unless the government takes measures to check the present reckless 

 exploitation. 



