SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA SALMON STATISTICS 
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feed and report their catches as from the point of delivery to the buyers. There is 
no king-salmon stream in the entire Sumner Strait district. 
Figure 33. — Catch of salmon in the Sumner Strait district, 1904 to 1927. 
Sutter Creek is a tributary of Dry Pass which connects Shakan Bay with El 
Capitan Passage. It supports a small run of red salmon, but the supply apparently 
had been practically exhausted by 1926. Cohos, chums, and pinks were also taken 
here, exceptional yields being obtained occasionally, but generally the catches were 
