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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Island, then part owner and manager of the Point Ellis cannery, operated a small 
hatchery on the left bank of this stream (Kutlakoo), about 200 yards above the 
mouth. It was rather primitive, the work all being conducted without shelter. The 
hatchery water was conveyed by a box flume from a point on the stream about 300 
yards from the lake, where the remnants of a barricade built to hold the spawning 
fish may still be seen. About 1,000,000 eggs were fertilized and placed in the 
baskets, but after they commenced hatching an exceptionally high September tide 
destined the plant, and it was never rebuilt. It is said that much difficulty was 
experienced with fungus. At the old hatchery site stakes were found driven in the 
bed of the stream, between which, it is said, a net is stretched to hold the fish. A 
few yards above this point are the remains of a picket barricade. 
Immediately below the point of discharge from the lake a beaver dam was found, 
built of sticks, brush, and moss, which held the waters back and allowed no fish to 
pass. This was partly cleaned away by the examining party, and, as the water 
rushed through, the stream rose very materially, and large numbers of salmon, held 
in the pools below, ascended rapidly. 
The value of the stream, as given by the cannery the last j r ear it was fished, is 
35,000 redfish, 5,000 cohoes, and 100,000 humpbacks. The owner of the saltery 
states that the number for redfish is too large, but the stream will yield from 20,000 
to 22,000 redfish, possibly a few more by hard fishing. The first run of redfish in 
this stream usually occurs from June 25 to July 1, and the second run from July 10 
to August 7. The length of the season varies with the condition of the weather; if 
it is dry there will not be sufficient water to permit the fish to ascend, and they are 
held around the mouth until the water rises. These redfish run about 50 to the 
barrel, or 13 to 14 to the case. The cohoes in this stream are very large and run 24 
to the barrel. They appear from the middle to the latter part of August; from 
September 10 to October 4 they run strong and continue in diminishing numbers 
until November. The humpbacks run from the 15th of July to the end of August, 
and they are present some years in large numbers until the end of September, but 
they are not then in good condition. The dog salmon run with the humpbacks. 
It is said that a good hatchery site might be located near the large feeder at the 
head of the lake. 
Complete stream data is not available, but the following may be of interest: 
The Baranoft' Packing Company took fish from the stream as follows: In 1892, 
8,942 redfish, July 2 to July 25, and 2,143 cohoes, August 18 to September 8; in 1893, 
2,605 redfish, July 4 to July 20; in 1894, 8,740 redfish, July 7 to July 25; in 
1895, 14,572 redfish, July 4 to August 10; in 1896, 15,834 redfish, July 12 to August 
28; in 1897, 11,709 redfish, July 6 to August 7. 
other fisheries: In 1898, 10,000 redfish; 1899, unknown; 1900, 16,500 redfish. 
The Point Ellis stream (Kutlakoo) is the only salmon stream in the South Bay 
of Pillars that has any present commercial value. At the old cannery site there is a 
small stream, called by the Indians Quat-a-hein, or trout stream, on account of the 
abundance of that species, and around its mouth some years several thousand cohoes 
may be obtained, but it is only an occasional run. 
