THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 
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Tes Bay Stream empties into tlie bay near tbe cannery. At tbe widening of the 
mouth, where it enters the bay, a pile trap occupies three-fourths of the width of the 
stream at high water. The census report of 1890 states that as many as 5,000 salmon 
are taken out of this trap in a day. The stream flows with a strong current, in a 
general southeast direction, over a rocky and bowldery bed for almost its entire 
length. It is about a mile long, from 40 to 60 feet Avide, and from 2 to 5 feet deep, 
carrying a large volume of water. 
About 200 yards above the mouth of the stream, at the head of tide water, a 
partly dismantled barrier was found, which could be made effective, thereby closing 
the stream in a few hours. This barricade is of similar construction to these already 
described, except that the rails are separated like the rafters of a house, and gratings, 
or Indian fences, were formerly secured over them, and over all a wire nettiug. Some 
of the wire nettings had been carried away, but could easily be replaced. 
The stream is the outlet to a lake, and about J mile below it widens to about 200 
yards, forming a lakelet about 6 feet deep with sand and gravel bottom. Immediately 
below the outlet is a rapid 150 feet long, 40 feet wide, by 2^ feet deep, and the stream, 
falling about 4 feet, spreads over granite bowlders to a width of 80 feet. A large 
stream with a delta enters at the rapids from the eastward. Above the outlet is a log 
jam, over which the lake can be crossed. 
The lake lies in a general northwest- and-southeast direction, and is about 3 miles 
long by I to ^ mile wide. It is deep, especially along the northern side, where the 
mountains come to the edge. On the southern side are several shallow bights, in 
which marshy streams enter. A number of cascades were noted along tbe northern 
shore, two of them having grassy banks and gravelly beaches near the point of dis- 
charge. With these exceptions, the shores along this section are rocky and steep. 
The head was not visited, but it is reported that a large stream enters where the lake 
turns in between two mountain ranges. It is said that there is a second small lake 
connected with the main lake by a stream having a high fall, but no one could be 
found who had ever visited it. The main lake can be reached by trail from the bay, 
near the upper end, at a point about 2 miles from the cannery. Tbe trail runs in a 
general northerly direction and is about half a mile long. 
The following is the record of the Tes Bay fishery for a number of years. Tbe 
figures for years prior to 1893 are not available. 
Year. 
Species. 
Dates. 
Total 
catch. 
Year. 
Species. 
Dates. 
No. of 
fish i)er 
case. 
Total 
catch. 
1893 
1894 
1895 
1896 
26, 292 
21, 541 
42, 007 
46, 706 
1897 
1897 
1897 
1897 
Redfish 
July 11 to Sept. 4 - 
Aug. 11 to Sept. 14 ., 
July 12 to Sept. 4 ... 
J uly 17 to Aug. 7 . . . 
9 
6 
15 
60, 900 
9, 511 
185, 608 
5, 862 
rlrk 
Cohoes 
f1 A 
Humpbacks 
Dog salmon . 
do 
J Illy 11 to Aug. 25 . . 
This stream has been barricaded for many years. It has a fine lake system, and 
under fair conditions should yield 50,000 redfish per year. It is said that some years 
ago as many as 70,000 were taken from it. The locality seems well adapted for a 
hatchery. 
In 1896, from July 15 to 20, an Indian supplied the cannery with about 100 king 
salmon taken in gill nets in the vicinity of Burroughs Bay. They were all very large, 
some of them reaching 89 pounds in weight. The cannery commenced packing them, 
but as there were so many white-meated ones it declined to take any rnore. Tbe 
