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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The lake is walled in by high mountains, and from the general features it is likely 
that there is no other lake in the system, nor any feeders that may be used for 
spawning, as the shores descend very abruptly. Temperature of water, 55° F. ; 
elevation, 110 feet. A few small fish were seen in the lake and redfish were seen 
jumping around the mouth of the stream. The streams in Prince William Sound 
give such poor returns that they are only resorted to by the canneries when the catch 
at Copper River runs short or the season there is over. No accurate values therefore 
can be given. 
The Pacific Steam Whaling Company’s cannery keeps no record of catches by 
streams and has rarely fished in Cheniga. It is believed if Cheniga were fished 
legally throughout the season it might yield, under average conditions, 40,000 red- 
fish. The catch for 1896 was an exceptional one. The following data are from the 
books of the Alaska Packers’ Association cannery: 
Year. 
Dates. 
No. of 
redfish. 
1896 
77,866 
1897 
July 1-Aug. 10 
23, 363 
1898 
2 , 893 
1899' 
7 , 396 
1900 
July 11-27 
18; 587 
Sketch of Rubber Boot and Cheniga Lakes, Prince William Sound, Alaska. 
RUBBER BOOT STREAM AND LAKE. 
This stream, a lake outlet, discharges into the northwestern side of the outer bay 
described under Cheniga, and was examined July 12 by a party in charge of Ensign 
Hepburn. It is a small stream, about 250 yards long in a direct line, 12 feet wide and 
6 inches deep, and flows with a very strong current over a rocky bottom on a fairly 
straight SE. course. The fall from the lake is about 50 feet and the stream is one 
continuous rapid, which salmon can probably ascend, but with some difficulty. The 
banks are heavily wooded with a scrub growth, bordered near the stream by a grassy 
