ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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valley. Through this loose gravel the stream is continually cutting new channels, 
making islands and sweeping them away. For this reason it is very difficult to carry 
a boat upstream. Even when the depth continues sufficient the current is too strong 
to pull against, and tracking becomes necessary, which is very trying in the icy 
glacial waters. Above the gravel flats the banks are steep, from G to 12 feet high, 
muddy, covered with a dense growth of scrub alder and berry bushes, and the 
current in places runs fully 6 knots. As far as could be seen, the valley continued 
broad and flat for a distance of at least 8 miles. The mountains on each side appear 
moderately well wooded with spruce and hemlock, while throughout the center of the 
valley, except near the streams, are many sandy and grassy flats. No fish were seen, 
nor were there any obstructions. Tide water extends about a mile upstream from 
the bay shore. 
WESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY, DUNDAS RAY. 
The cannery of this company, referred to in my report of 1900, is on the western 
side of Dundas Bay, about 1 miles within the entrance. With the machinery installed 
this year it was claimed to have a capacity of 500 cases per diem. Fish are pewed from 
boats to hand carts and wheeled up an inclined plane to the fish-house at the seaward 
end of the cannery. The transportation is by regular line of freight steamers. The 
localities fished for redfish in 1900 and 1901 were Bartlett Bay, Dundas Bay, Taylor 
Bay, Glacier Bay, Surge Bay, Dry Bay (Alsek River Delta), Excursion Inlet, Cape 
Spencer, Hocktaheine, and Takanis; humpbacks were obtained in Mud Bay and 
