ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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reached. There are no falls, cascades, or heavy rapids, although half the length of 
the stream, from the mouth up, might be called a continuous rapid. The water is of 
good depth and the current not strong enough to prevent the ascent of salmon. The 
bottom is stony, with bowlders in the rapid parts; near the lake, where the current 
is sluggish, there are some pebbly parts, but generally it is of mud or sand, with much 
water-logged timber and bark. The water has a brownish tinge, and on June Id had 
a temperature of 55 0 F. The banks are steep and thickly wooded with spruce, pine, 
devil’s club, and berry bushes, with an unusual number of large trees. Tide water 
