70 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
KASSOOK INLET. 
Ka.ssook Inlet extends into Sukkwan Island in a general north \yesterly and south- 
easterly direction from a point about 2 miles west of Jackson Island. It is about 2^ 
miles long and from one-fourth to one-half mile wide. Near the head of the inlet on 
the western side a saltery was, at the time of our visit, in course of construction by 
Miller & Co., of Klinkwan, with the iTitention of salting humpback bellies and selling 
redfish to Loring and Klawak. An Indian shack is on the opposite side of the inlet. 
Saltery at Kassook. 
At the head of Kassook Inlet is the mouth of a lake outlet. It is only a small, 
shallow stream about 20 feet wide. At the point of high-water mark, where the width 
is about 20 feet between banks, is an old barricade. Above this the stream is rough 
and rocky, and flows from a rocky slough 200 yards beyond, which is a part of the 
lake and is about one-fourth of a mile long by 100 yards wide. This slough, as well 
as the lower part of the lake, is covered with pond lilies. 
The lake proper is about three-fourths of a mile long in a general northwest-by- 
west and southeast-by east direction, the upper part circular and about half a mile in 
diameter. The surface is only about 10 feet above high water. The shores are Hat 
and wooded, grassy in places, especially near the feeders, of which there are several 
near the head and on each side of the outlet. There are some sand and gravel 
beaches. The entering streamlets average about 12 feet between banks, with a very 
slight flow at the time of our visit, but the indications are that they discharge a con- 
siderable amount of water during the rains. Around the mouth the bottom is sandy 
and exj)ands into pools. The water of all these lake outlets is slightly discolored. 
