628 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
separating Revillagigedo Island from the mainland and surrounding the island on all 
sides except the southwest coast between Point Higgins and Point Alava. It is 
divided naturally into two parts, eastern and western, the point of division being at 
the north end of Revillagigedo Island where the “canal” narrows to barely a half mile 
in width. At its northern extremity is Burroughs Bay into which empties the Unuk 
River, one of the larger streams of southeastern Alaska, southerly of which and 18 
miles distant is the Chickamin River, a sizable stream also flowing from the mainland. 
Three narrow arms — Walker Cove, Rudyerd Bay, and Smeaton Bay — indent the main- 
land as tributaries of the eastern part of the canal. The eastern shore of Revillagigedo 
Island is very regular, being broken only by a few short bays. In contrast with this, 
the western shore of the island is marked by several conspicuous bays, and the shore 
of Cleveland Peninsula is similarly indented by bays of varying depth. Except as 
already noted, the streams of the district are small, yet several of them have been 
large producers of salmon. 
Salmon canning in the Behm Canal district began about 1888 at three places — 
Burroughs Bay, Yes Bay, and Naha Bay — although fishing had been carried on at 
these localities for several years before the canneries were opened, the catches being 
prepared as pickled salmon. About 10 years later, fishing was extended to Helm Bay 
and Checats Cove where runs of red salmon were discovered. Throughout these 
early years of fishing the catches were largely unallocated. Allocated records became 
available for the first time in 1904 and the data compiled for that and subsequent years 
is fairly reliable. 
Table 25. — Salmon caught and fishing appliances used in the Behm Canal district, 1887-1927 
Beach seines 
Purse seines 
Gill nets 
Traps 
Year 
Coho 
Chum 
Pink 
King 
Red 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
oms 
Num- 
ber 
Fath- 
(num- 
ber) 
Anchor Pass: 
1917 
8 
5,933 
14 
5, 383 
1,008 
11 
38 
1918 
1 
1924 
7 
111 
161 
Ape Point: 
1926 
436 
25, 127 
340 
1927 
116 
1,048 
6, 523 
2, 000 
7, 728 
201 
Bailey Bay: 
1907 
1908 
42 
20 
1910 
6, 212 
12, 901 
1,008 
1911 . 
295 
4 
177 
1918 
80 
1922 
26 
4, 265 
19, 189 
2 
1925 
364 
4, 013 
1,414 
1926 
118 
485 
3, 375 
637 
274 
Bell Island: 
1914 
93 
1 
502 
333 
1919 
174 
890 
1920 
2,750 
52 
1,844 
4 
1922 
2, 811 
12, 020 
58 
1923... 
3 
87 
1924 
1 
2 , 102 
456 
2, 096 
8 
1925 
52 
Betton Island: 
1919 
731 
290 
3 
1925 
1,008 
237 
7, 548 
667 
151,841 
5, 802 
2 
1,894 
1927. 
13 
821 
Bluff Point: 
1913 
49 
2,228 
1918 
719 
7, 793 
97, 020 
39, 094 
1, 844 
16 
3,128 
1919 
526 
7, 138 
11 
11,712 
1920 
19 
786 
16 
430 
1922 
541 
6, 104 
1,019 
41, 834 
92 
4, 719 
1923 
393 
9,738 
11 i 
774 
Bond Bay: 
1922 
395 
3, 477 
28,801 
185 
1923 
111 
41 
7,582 
90, 492 
117 
1924 — 
2, 556 
4, 667 
2 
4, 748 
1925 
11, 502 
167, 375 
145, 037 
11,005 
144 
4,057 
2, 949 
1926 
2 , 181 
676 
7, 223 
3 
1927 — - 
2, 061 
39 
1,782 
