ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1901. 
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There is no stream of well-defined limits which forms the outlet, the waters of 
the lake falling directly into the western end of the lagoon with a drop of about 
6 feet at high water. In the middle of the outlet, surmounting the brink of the fall, 
is an island that divides the discharge into two equal parts. That part south of the 
island has a sheer fall and is not passable to salmon. The western portion is a cascade 
up which salmon can run when it is not barricaded. Some logs, evidently the remains 
of a barricade, were found across the top of the cascade and some wire netting lay on 
the bank near by, but when visited there was no obstruction to the passage of fish. 
The lake is in two parts, or it may be said there are two lakes connected by a short 
broad stream. The smaller and lower lake is irregular in form, one-fourth of a mile 
in length by half that width, with gently sloping banks except on the western shore, 
where there are precipitous cliffs. In the center it appears rather deep. The bottom 
consists principally of smooth, sloping rocks with sandy and gravelly spaces between. 
The larger lake, lying just north of the smaller, extends in a WSW. and ESF. (mag.) 
direction for about three-fourths mile, with a greatest breadth of one-half mile. The 
eastern and about half of the northern shores are steep and densely wooded with a 
tangled undergrowth. Around the western end there are flats extending from 
one-eighth to one-half mile back to the foot of the mountains and hills forming the 
lake basin. These flats are covered with g-rass and bushes and dense thickets of scrub 
alder. Two feeders enter the lake on the northwestern side. They both flow through 
a large valley extending almost north and south (mag.) and are formed from the 
melting snows. The stream flowing down the eastern side of the valley is the larger. 
It flows over a stony bed with a strong current, has a width of 15 feet and an 
average depth of 5 inches. It had a temperature of 16° F. The other stream in 
this valley is much smaller. It has a width of from 3 to 20 feet, depth from 2 inches 
to 1 foot, and a moderate current. A third, formed largely by draining the melting 
snows, enters the lake on the southern shore. It flows through a deep and very 
narrow valley extending to the southward, has an average breadth of 20 feet, depth 
•1 inches, and a strong current; temperature, 13° F. The lake water had a tempera- 
ture of 50° F. and is very clear. The bottom appears to be mainly of rock, with some 
sand and mud patches. The bones of fish were seen scattered all along the shores of 
the lake, but no live fish were seen, except a few red salmon jumping in the lagoon. 
A hatchery might be located at the mouth of the feeder on the southern shore, 
though the question of a sufficient supply of water during a diy season might need 
further investigation. 
There is no record of this stream available. It is usually fished by the cannery 
located at Orca. It is believed by those competent to. judge that the stream, under 
average conditions, should yield 20,000 redfish during the run. 
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND CANNERIES. 
The two canneries operating in this locality — the one by the Alaska Packers 
Association (Pacific Packing Company) at Odiak and the other by the Pacific Steam 
Wnaling Company at Orca — are each in about the same working condition as noted 
in former reports, to which reference is made. In the Alaska Packers Association 
cannery fish-cleaning machines have been introduced, but it is understood they 
are still in the experimental stage and require some changes before they can be 
