ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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At the head of the northeast arm the inlet receives the waters of a small stream 
called Ta-wah, which drains to the westward a system of shallow ponds and lakes, the 
latter having also an eastern drainage along the coast in the An-kau (On-cow) River. 
Spring tides ascend the Ta-wah to a pond with which it is directly connected. 
This stream is less than half a mile in length and at low water is only about 6 feet, 
wide and 3 inches deep. The rocks and bowlders have been removed from the bed 
and piled along the side, forming a shallow channel up which canoes are tracked at 
low water, but may be poled at high water. The bed is stony, with some sand and 
gravel, and the current sluggish. Temperature of the water July 1, 56 F. 
The pond with which the Ta-wah is directly connected is a shallow pool 300 
yards long, from a few inches to 2 feet deep, bottom rocky, with sand and gravel, 
over which there is a growth of grass and moss; a loaded canoe may be pulled and 
poled across. At the head of this pond are the remains of a slat barricade. The 
eastern end receives the waters of a small stream several hundred yards long, which 
connects the pond with what is known as the first lake. This connecting stream just 
permits a canoe to be hauled through, and is tortuous, with a sluggish current. 
The first lake has its major axis east and west, and is about a mile long, with a 
width varying from several hundred yards at the western end to one-third of a mile 
at the eastern end; the depth varies from a few inches to 4 or 5 feet. The bottom is 
composed of sand and gravel, over which a few logs were noticed and much grass; a 
canoe may be pulled across. The first lake is connected with the second by a small 
stream or brook one-third to one-half mile in length. 6 feet wide, and 4 inches to 2 
feet deep, which meanders through a low, fiat country, and carries just sufficient 
water for a loaded canoe to be hauled through. Temperature of water, 54 F. 
The second lake is slightly crescent-shaped, with the cusps to the southward, 
and lies in a general east-and-west direction. It is about Li miles long, with a 
width varying from 100 yards to one-third of a mile, and has a depth of from 1 inch 
to 24 inches. The bottom is sand and gravel, with an abundance of grass and pond 
lilies growing over it. A canoe may be pulled across. The main feeder of this 
lake enters on the northern shore near the western end. It is said to rise back of 
Yakutat village and to be 3 or 4 miles long, 10 feet wide, and 8 inches deep, flowing 
with a sluggish current, through a winding channel, over a sand and gravel bottom. 
The water is clear and the stream bed is said to afford the main spawning-ground 
for this system. On July 6 it was full of redfish. This second lake forms the 
dividing line in this system, and drains both to the westward, as previously described, 
and to the eastward through the An-kau and connecting waters. 
At the eastern end of the second lake is a small stream draining the system to 
the eastward. It Hows in a general easterly direction through a narrow, tortuous 
channel for about a mile, when the so-called third lake is reached. A loaded canoe 
may be tracked through this connecting stream. The remains of a slat barricade are 
visible. This third lake consists of a series of small pools and swamps ramifying for 
a distance of 1 4 to 2 miles in a general easterly direction, varying in width from 20 
yards to one-third of a mile. It is full of small, low marshy islands and has a large 
growth of weeds, grass, and water plants. The bottom is muddy and there is a 
slight current. A loaded canoe may be poled through. 
The eastern end of the third lake narrows into the An-kau River, which is a 
