ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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The lake is elevated 100 feet above sea level, and, as far as could be examined, 
extends in a southerly direction for a distance of H miles, with a width not exceeding 
one-half mile. The shores are in the main steep and rocky , though at the lower end there 
are generally mud beaches. A small feeder enters the lake from the eastward near 
the outlet, but it is probable that the main supply enters near the head, which point 
could not be reached. The temperature of the water was 55° F. No site suitable 
for a hatchery was noticed, but it is probable upon special examination that a location 
could be found. A large number of humpbacks were seen throughout the system. 
The stream has never been regularly fished for cannery purposes, a seining crew 
simply calling from some cannery during the fishing season, and its value in redfish 
is therefore unknown, but it may be classed as one of the numerous small streams 
that may yield anywhere from 2,000 to 8,000 redfish a season. The only records 
available are the following, from the books of the old Baranof Packing Company: 
Year. 
Species. 
Dates. 
No. 
1892 
[Redfish 
i Cohoes 
[Redfish 
June 14-June 26 
Aug. 27-Sept. 8 
July 3-Aug. 19 
Aur - . 30 
1,673 
970 
2, 766 
293 
630 
6, 716 
2,326 
1893 
1894 
Redfish 
July 30 
1895 
1896 
July 1-July 20 
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 
FROM CROSS SOUND TO PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. 
After leaving Dundas Bay, in Cross Sound, there are no canneries until Prince 
William Sound is reached. There are, however, a number of streams, for the most 
part small (though the Alsek and several adjoining rivers are of considerable size), 
which carry commercial salmon. These streams, as a rule, empty directly into the 
sea and are inaccessible for commercial fisheries, though cannery experts have been 
in the field, and it is believed by next season fisheries in the Alsek region will be 
attempted. 
Rounding Cape Spencer to the northward, about -f miles, is an indentation which 
at its head is said by the Indians to receive the waters of a stream called Nook-hook- 
keen; this is the outlet to a system of three lakes, and is said to carry a few redfish. 
It is probably the stream which supplies a few redfish to the Dundas Bay cannery, 
and known to them as Cape Spencer. 
About 3 miles to the northward of the stream just mentioned the Indians report 
a small stream with lake source, carrying a few redfish, and known as An-nock-seck. 
Continuing to the northward, the Indians report a small redfish stream having a 
lake source midway between Icy Point and Harbor Point, and know n as Ghow-nar-har, 
and about 6 miles above Harbor Point another outlet to a lake known as Hawg-heen, 
which is also said to carry a few redfish. These streams are for the most part 
inaccessible, and from all reports can hardly be classed as having any commercial 
importance, even if the fisheries could be properly conducted. 
The next region to the northward carrying salmon is the Alsek which, with the 
streams between it and Yakutat, will be treated under one head. 
