ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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At the eastern end this lake receives from the southward the waters of a feeder, 
which was examined for a distance of II miles to a deep pool, which had an elevation 
of 265 feet above tide water. This feeder is 12 feet wide, 12 inches deep, and flows 
with a strong current through a tortuous channel, over a gravelly bottom. It has a 
number of deep pools. The water has a brownish tinge, and on June 5 the 
temperature was 19° F. 
A dead king salmon was found on the banks of the main stream, 2 miles from 
the mouth. It was probably a straggling fish. 
George Inlet stream was fished for the Metlakahtla cannery from 1892 to 1896, 
and in 1900 by the Fidalgo Island Canning Co. For a number of years it was also 
fished by Clark & Martin. Under average conditions it may yield 6,000 redfish. 
The following- are the only statistics obtainable: 
Y ear. 
Redfish. 
Cohoes. 
Humpbacks. 
Dates. 
No. 
Dates. 
No. 
Dates. 
No. 
1892 
9, 061 
3, 191 
3,787 
2,142 
225 
6,949 
4, 875 
9,518 
11,247 
7,905 
1,576 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1S96. . . 
July 9-Aug. 15 
July 3-Aug. 0 
July 1-Aug. 1 
July 11-Aug. 15 
July 17-Aug. 6 
1,426 
854 
531 
July 24-Aug. 17 
July 17-Aug. 6 
July 21-Aug. 1 
1898 . . . 
July 20. . . 7 
1900 
July 8-Aug. 1 
July 25-Sept. 6 
2, 358 
July 20-Sept. 4 
39, 085 
KAH-SHAKES STREAM AND LAKE. 
About 2 miles south from the entrance to the Boca de Quadra, and opening upon 
the Revillagigedo Channel, is a cove named after Kah-Shakes, a chief living in the 
vicinity. From the northeast end of this cove a shallow tidal lagoon extends in an 
easterly direction for a distance of 11 miles. It has a width of 25 yards to 75 yards, 
and receives at its head the waters of a redfish stream, having a lake source which was 
examined by a party in charge of Lieutenant Rodman on June 6. The banks of the 
lagoon are rocky, well wooded, and the bottom generally muddy. Spring tides reach 
the head of the lagoon, which point may properly be called the mouth of the stream. 
The stream proper is one-fourth mile long, 12 to 15 feet wide, 12 inches deep, 
and flows over a rough, rocky bottom with a slack current, forming here and there 
a pool. There are no decided rapids. There are many fallen trees, but no obstacle 
to the movement of fish in ascending. Halfway up the stream are the remains of a 
barricade built in the usual form of a braced log and split rails. 
The lake is pipe-shaped, about II miles long in a northeasterly and southwesterly 
direction, expanding at its upper end into a broad basin, and receives at its eastern 
end, through a low, grassy flat, the main feeder. This stream is 8 feet wide, from 6 
to 8 inches deep, and flows with a slack current over a gravelly bottom, which probably 
forms the main spawning-ground. In it and in the lake numerous small fry were 
noticed. The shores of the lake are low and wooded, grassy around the edges, with 
beaches of rock, gravel, and sand. The vegetation common to the country surrounds 
the system. Elevation of lake, 10 feet. Temperature of lake water, 61° F. ; tem- 
perature of water of feeder, 50° F. ; temperature of water in lagoon, 65° F. 
This stream has been fished by the canneries at Quadra, Metlakahtla, Loring, 
and Ketchikan. Its value, under average conditions, may be placed at 12,000 redfish. 
