SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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STEPHENS PASSAGE 
The Stephens Passage district covers all the waters of the mainland and the east 
coast of Admiralty Island between a line from Cape Fanshaw to Pybus Point north- 
ward to the southern boundary of the Lynn Canal district across Saginaw Channel 
from Point Retreat to the north end of Shelter Island and thence to a point on the 
mainland 2 miles north of Eagle River. (See fig. 25.) 
The salmon fisheries of this district were first exploited about the time canneries 
were established on Chilkat Inlet, as catches of king and red salmon from Taku River, 
the most important stream in the Stephens Passage district, were utilized at those 
plants. No record of the number of salmon by species, or otherwise, which were 
taken from this river during the early years is now available, but the Chilkat canneries 
usually took about 3,500 cases of salmon annually from the Taku until canneries 
were opened in this district. In 1900, two canneries were built on Stephens Passage 
