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belt, the country seemed open. A number of dead dog- salmon and cohoes were seen 
below the falls, and a few cohoes were noticed jumping- at the falls, it was learned 
that dog- salmon and cohoes are the only ones that try the falls at all. 
SALMON BAY STREAM. 
This stream was examined by Ensign Kempff and Mr. Fassett. Salmon Bay is 
on the northeastern end of Prince of Wales Island, about 7 miles to the eastward of 
Red Bay, at the junction of Clarence and Sumner straits. Salmon Bay is a narrow 
inlet curving in a southerly direction, about one- 
half mile in length, and at the head has a narrow 
rocky passage which, after a few hundred yards, 
widens, forming a tidal basin that receives the 
waters of a redfish stream. This stream was 
explored for a distance of miles to a moderate 
elevation, and as the lake was not reached the 
party returned. There was no one in the 
vicinity from whom any information could be 
obtained. It was afterwards learned that the 
lake is some distance in the interior. The stream 
is very tortuous and Hows through a compara- 
tively level country. The land around the mouth 
of the stream is low and grassy, tide water 
extending about 1^- miles within the mouth. 
The bottom is rocky and bowlderv, with gravel 
patches over which fish were seen spawning. The 
water has the brownish tinge common to lake 
water in this district, and 1 mile above the mouth 
had a temperature of 66° F., 3 miles above the 
same point 58 e F. , September 7. The average 
width is about 40 feet; depth, 1 foot; current 
strong. No tributaries were noticed in the dis- 
tance examined. About 2 miles from the mouth 
there is a fall or rapid, in steps about 4 feet 
high, which, however, does not prevent the fish 
from ascending. The banks are wooded, and 
several open spaces were noticed back of the 
fringe of growth bordering the stream. 
Just beyond the head of tide water the stream during the fishing season may lie 
barricaded. On each bank are heavy posts and on line a number of stakes driven in 
the stream lied, with bowlders between. It is not known exactly what this may be, but 
from the old web found on the banks it is believed that a net has been stretched across 
the stream, supported by the stakes, with the foot held in position by the bowlders. 
At two points, about one-half mile within the mouth, runways or leads have been 
constructed by piling the rocks from either bank in V -shape, leaving the apex open. 
It is possible that these runways are used in connection with the fyke-shaped traps 
UPPER LEAD 
Stream and leads, Salmon Bay, Prince of 
Wales Island. 
