THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 
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The cannery equipment in 1897 was the same as for 189G, except that, in addition, 
the steamer Columbia^ 70 tons net, crew 9, was chartered, and 3 seines, 3 seine boats, 
and 27 fishermen were employed. 
The following statement gives the pack of Hunter Bay cannery for 1896 and 1897 : 
189G. 
1897. 
Species. 
Dates. 
Num. 
ber of 
fisb per 
ciise. 
Num- 
ber of 
cases. 
Approx- 
imate 
number 
of fisli 
uaeJ. 
D.atcs. 
Hum. 
ber of 
flsh per 
case. 
her of 
cases. 
Eeclfisli 
Cohoes 
July 10 to Sept. 20 
Aid*-. 1 to Sept. 26 . . .. 
10.3 
7 
^5, G5t 
6, 402 
159, 130 
39 583 
June 27 to Sept. 25 
Aug. 1C to Sept. 25 
July 6 to Aug. 31 
13 
7 
13, 162 
5, 300 
15, 926 
Humpbacks . 
July 21 to Aug. 29 .... 
19 
121 , on 
19 
In 1896 all the streams from Nichols Bay on the south to Hetta on the north, and 
including Dali Harbor and Essawa, on Dali Island, were fished to supply this cannery. 
We visited all the streams in the district 
except those on Dali Island, which fur- 
nished only 3,600 redfish. As the can- 
nery had been operated only one year at 
the time of our visit, there were no earlier 
stream records available from which aver- 
ages or general deductions could be made. 
Hunter Bay stream, which empties 
into the head of the bay about three- 
fourths of a mile from the cannery, is of 
considerable size. About one-fourth of a 
mile above the cannery the bay narrows 
and shoals to the head, which is bor- 
dered by grassy plateaus, forming the 
bardvS around the mouth of the stream. 
It is a beautiful stream and runs over a 
bouldery bed, between rocky banks cov- 
ered with a dense forest growth, for a dis- 
tance of miles from its lake source to 
the sea, in a general southeast and north- 
west direction. It is from 100 to 120 feet 
wide and a foot deei). There are no ob- 
structions here now, and the flowof water, 
while rapid, is not much broken and affords an easy ascent for the fish. 
The lake is about three-fourths of a mile long by half a mile wide, is deep, and 
has a large inflowing stream near the upper or northern end, which is connected with a 
second long L-shaped lake on the northern side. The banks are heavily wooded. There 
were no means for examining the lake beyond the outlet, and the information in 
regard to the second lake and the entering stream is from local authorities. Judging 
from the flow at the outlet, the lake must receive a large amount of water. 
Mr. Miller states that this stream should yield 50,000 redfish; but in 1896 the 
cannery obtained, from July 10 to 31, only 5,318 redfish and 4,937 humpbacks; during 
August 2,300 redfish, 80,845 humpbacks, and 4,836 cohoes; in September, up to the 
20th, 8,645 cohoes — a total of 7,618 redfish, 85,782 humpbacks, and 13,481 cohoes. 
Sketcli of Hunter Ray Lake System. 
