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The lake is slightly crescentic in shape, with a general northwesterly and south- 
easterly direction, and is about 1 mile long, with an average width of one-fourth of a 
mile. The shores are heavily wooded and rise rapidly to the higher mountains. The 
water appears deep and clear, with a brownish tinge, and as far as could be examined 
the bottom is gravelly around the shore shelf. At the point of discharge the lake is 
shallow, with a grassy bottom. There are several feeders. The largest enters the 
Kutlakoo Lake and Stream, Kuiu Island. 
head of the lake through a narrow valley and is nearly as large as the outlet; it forms 
the main spawning-ground for the redfish. A second feeder, said to be on the eastern 
side, was not noticed by the party. 
The temperature of the stream water on August 29 was 62 3 F., and the lake 
water, at a depth of 2 feet, one-fourth of a mile from the outlet, was 61° F. 
In 1892 Mr. J. C. Callbreath, the present owner of the hatchery on Etolin 
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