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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
THOMS STREAM (AW-AW), ZIMOYIA STRAIT. 
Near the southern end of Zimovia Strait, on the eastern side, 4 miles northwest 
from Found Island, is a bight with several islets and rocks at the entrance. At the 
head of this bight is a redtish stream, referred to in my former report, page 107, as 
Old Village, but better known as Thoms Stream, fished by the Wrangell and Gerard 
Point canneries. It was examined September 13 by Lieutenant Rodman. 
Thoms Stream and Lake, Wrangell Island. 
This stream and lake drain a low, flat country, lying between mountain systems, 
reaching an elevation on the east of 2,000 to 2,500 feet, and on the west 500 to 1,000 
feet. In its windings the stream is fully 6 miles in length from mouth to source, 
and, in a straight line, about 4£ miles in a general WNW. direction. Tide water 
extends through extensive flats around its mouth, uncovered at low water and about 
200 yards within the tree line, where it is 55 feet wide and from 12 to 18 inches 
deep. The banks generally are low, but in places there are narrow canyons where 
they rise abruptly. The borders are wooded with the usual growth, but considerable 
areas of boggy, moss-covered flats were noticed. The bottom is gravelly, with patches 
of rock and bowlders, but there are large areas well adapted for spawning-beds; 
