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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
OTHER STREAMS OF THE BOCA HE QUADRA REGION. 
At the head of the main arm of the Boca de Quadra aud of the arms making to 
the southward aud eastward are streams liaving runs of cohoes and humpbacks, but 
no redlish. The stream at the head of Mink Arm was examined for a distance of 
about 2 miles. At the mouth it is about GO feet wide, with au average depth of 
G inches, narrowing to 15 to 20 feet iu a short distance. The stream is said to be a 
lake outlet, the lake lying some distance inland, but no one could be found who has 
ever visited it. 
The stream at the head of Vixen Bay was also examined for a distance of 4 miles. 
It is from 75 to 100 feet wide at the mouth, narrowing to 50 feet. For the first mile the 
bottom is gravelly and well adapted for the spawning-grounds of humpback and dog 
salmon, but for the rest of the distance traveled it contains many bowlders. In the 
upper part reached by the party it is about 40 feet wide, with au average depth of 10 
inches. The current is very strong. 
It is said that a large number of cohoes are taken in Marten Arm. 
K AH- SHAKES. 
The next redlish stream in this vicinity is that which empties into Kah-Shakes 
Cove. It was unknown to ns at the time of our visit to the Boca de Quadra, and there- 
fore not examined. In 1897 there were taken from this stream between G,000 aud 8,000 
redlish. From the records of the stream, so far as they are obtainable, it is estimated 
that under average conditions its annual capacity is 12,000 redlish, and the time of runs 
is the same as at Quadra, namely, from the middle of July to the last of August. The 
average weight of these fish is about 74 pounds. 
TONG ASS NARROWS— KETCHIKAN. 
Ivetchikaii is situated on the southern side of Bevillagigedo Island, about 5 miles 
from the eastern entrance to the narrows, and is on the Alaska steamer route from 
Metlakahtla, or Mary Island, to Boring or northern points. The village is on the shore 
shelf, the houses straggling on both sides of Fish Creek. In 1890 it had a poimlation 
of 40, of which number 2G were Indians. 
The cannery of the Cape Fox Packing Company was moved from the Boca de 
Quadra to this place in the winter of 188(i-87, and operated under the title of the 
Tongass Packing Comiiany until it was burned. A store, trading post, and a large 
saltery are owned and maintained by Messrs. Clark & Martin. Tlie senior member of 
this firm, Mr. Ceorge W. Clark, was formerly a Gloucester fi.sherman, and has been 
at Ketchikan about ten years, in the trading and fishing business. The saltery at 
Quadra, previously mentioned, is also owned and operated by this firm. 
At the tvm salteries owned by Clark & Martin 4,000 barrels of salmon were salted 
in 1894, of which 2,5((0 were i)ut up at Ketchikan and the l emainder at Quadra. The 
price at that time fell to $1 and $4..50 per barrel, which made salting unprofitable, 
and these e.stablishinents have been operated irregularly since that date until 1897, 
when a certain number of fish were salted under contract. While the present year has 
brought a larger x>i'ice for salt salmon — 18 to $9 per barrel — tlie firm find it advanta- 
geous to sell their fish fresh, under contract, to the canneries. Their salt product is 
also disx)osed of by contract. 
