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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The catcli in 1S97 was: From July 6 to September 26, 3,848 redtisli; from July 24 
to August 20, 44,501 cohoes. 
It was not learned whether the stream has ever been barricaded. 
The Hunter Bay stream and the one at Mchols Bay would no doubt afford good 
sites for hatcheries, though careful examination is necessary to determine a iioint of 
this kind. There is an abundance of water (which would probably have to be filtered), 
and an excellent place at each stream could be arranged to hold the fish till ripe. 
Usually the lake waters undergo a considerable change in temperature during the 
summer, while the entering streams remain constant and low. Yet these entering 
streams can not always be utilized, because they are inaccessible and may not afford 
the abundance of flsh which the mouth of the outlet does. The cannery company at 
Hunter Bay is considering the establishment of a hatchery, which will probably 
prove successful. With so many excellent sites for hatcheries, the first requisite in 
this country is accessibility; the second is plenty of fish of a large variety. Water 
can be obtained anywhere. 
Above the cannery, where the bay narrows and shoals toward the head, a trap 
was driven during our visit. Below the cannery an arm makes to the northward 
from the bay. At the end of this arm is a narrow passage, or “ skookum chuck,” as it 
is called in this country, leading into a bay which receives a small stream carrying 
a few redfish; it was barricaded. About a mile beyond, on the northern side, is 
another lagoon making in from the bay, with the eutrauce obstructed by three islands. 
This was also examined, but no salmon stream of value was found. 
KLAKAS INLET AND STREAM. 
Near the entrance to Hunter Bay a long, deep bay called Klakas Inlet makes in 
a northerly direction for a distance of 12 to 15 miles. It is a beautiful sheet of water, 
with an average width of about 
miles. At the entrance, which is 
obstructed by islands and reefs, 
and on the end of the peninsula 
formed by Klakas Inlet and Hun- 
ter Bay, is the Haida village of 
Klinkwan, one of the older native 
settlements, and not yet under mis- 
sionary influence. It contains a 
large number of carved poles, other 
totemic symbols, and a few of the 
old Indian community lodges with 
interior decorations. 
There is one red- salmon stream 
in Klakas Inlet, on the eastern 
shore, about 10 miles from Kliu- 
kwan. It is the outlet of a lake, 
and is about a mile long, from 20 to 
30 feet wide, and 10 inches deep, 
with pools under 6 feet in depth. 
The water in this, as in all these lake outlets, is of a brownish tinge, probably from 
decomposed vegetable matter. At the head of tide water in the stream is a rapid, 
