ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1900. 
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On account of the natural obstructions in the stream the locality is probably not 
suitable for hatchery purposes. The stream data is very meager, but the following 
may be of some service, though it should be remembered that except for 1900 the 
fish taken for the saltery are not included: 
In 1892 the Baranoff Packing Company took 6,762 redfish from July 9 to 20; in 
1893,5,295 redfish from July 8 to 30. In 1.898 the Wrangell cannery took 5,000 red- 
fish from d ul} T 15 to August 15. 
In 1900 the Icy Strait Packing 
Company took 12,000 redfish 
from June 27 to August 14. 
The stream lias a pro! >able value 
of 12,000 redfish. 
SHIPLEY BAY STREAM No. 2. 
On the southern side of the 
bay a small stream discharges 
into a cove formed by a long 
peninsula and the point next 
eastward. This stream was ex- 
amined by Ensign Hepburn, 
and found to carry only hump- 
backs and dog salmon, though 
cohoes may also run later. 
The stream is not a lake 
outlet, but has its source in 
the mountains about 6 miles in 
a general southerly direction 
from the mouth. At a point 3 
miles from the mouth, where 
it reaches an elevation of 170 
feet, it is quite small and flows 
through a gently ascending and 
rather flat country, increas- 
ing in size toward the mouth 
by conjunction with small 
branches. Tide water extends 
three-eighths of a mile up- 
stream; immediately above this 
point the width is about 16 feet, 
depth 9 inches, with a velocity of about 3 knots. The bed is generally rocky, and 
where it widens it is sandy and gravelly. From a point I mile above its mouth and 
for a distance of about three-fourths of a mile it runs as a continuous rapid. There 
are two cascades, as noted in the sketch, with the greatest sheer fall of 3 feet. The 
water is dark, and at the mouth and 1 mile above had a temperature of 51° F. The 
banks are densely wooded, but back from the stream belt the country seemed more 
open. At the mouth is a gravel bar, and within the banks are grassy. There are no 
SHIPLEY BAY • 
Humpback Stream, Shipley Bay, Prince of Wales Island. 
