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as soon as the run set in; 50 yards above this, in the stream, is a log crib, ballasted 
with stone and probably used in the barricade. The frames were burned. 
Numerous small fry were seen in the pools. 
The lake is about three-fourths of a mile long by one-eighth to one-fourth of a 
mile wide and lies with the major axis in a north-and-soutk direction. The western 
shore is low with scattering trees, while the eastern shore is high and densely 
wooded. The lake appears shallow, an abundance of pond lilies cropping out, 
especially around the lower end. The beaches, and bottom where it could be seen, 
are stony, with gravel and some mud. The elevation is 315 feet. Temperature of 
water June 14, 64° F. A small sluggish stream apparently enters the upper end, 
but for lack of facilities a proper examination could not be made. It is believed the 
locality would not afford a good hatchery site. 
There are no stream data available for Kushneahin. Formerly it was fished 
at times by the cannery at Redfish Bay. It is believed the stream is good for 10,000 
redfish under average conditions. 
POINT BARRIE SALTERT. 
About one-fourth of a mile below the mouth of the stream (Kushneahin) is the 
Point Barrie saltery, formerly operated by Mr. Cyrus Orr. It is located on a small 
indentation and consists of the saltery building, store, dwelling, and wharf. The 
place was closed at the time of our visit. In the saltery proper were 15 tanks of 20 
barrels capacity each, all clean and in good condition, a quantity, of salt, a number of 
casks, barrels, tubs, and an outfit of nets, webbing, etc. 
SAR-KAR STREAM AND LAKE. 
On the eastern side of Klawak Passage, western side of Prince of Wales Island, 
and about 20 miles from Shakan village, is a small inlet one mile long and about 
three-eighths mile wide, with a general east and west (mag.) direction. On the 
northern side of this inlet, near the eastern end, are located the Brockman saltery 
and a small Indian village. A narrow, crooked, salt-water strait, the outlet of a 
brackish lagoon, enters the inlet at the southeastern end. From its mouth this outlet 
extends ESE. (mag.) for three-eighths mile, turns sharply to the northward one-fourth 
mile, and then, with another turn to the eastward, enters the brackish lagoon. The 
southern shore, as far as the lagoon and a little inside, is bluff, the northern shore low. 
In the stretch from the lagoon entrance to the second turn are large rocks. 
About three- fourths of the distance from the entrance to the first turn is the 
piling for a trap which extends entirely across the strait. The saltery owner stated 
that this trap had not been used for four years. From the surrounding conditions 
it is believed that fishing by any other means would be very expensive. 
The brackish lagoon extends in a north (mag.) direction about 3 miles from the 
strait and three-fourths of a mile south from it. The shores are low and fiat except 
for two small hills on the east and a part of the southern shore. The western shore 
was followed from the strait northward to the mouth of the stream and the sketch 
shows its general outline, but the lagoon is so filled with islands and the channels 
between are so narrow that the view is restricted in every direction, and what is 
sketched as the eastern shore of the lagoon may be additional islands. The shores 
are rocky, apparently limestone, low and fiat, covered with spruce and hemlock, and 
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