THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OP ALASKA. 
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Cape Edward, Smitlx, Olsen, and O’Hara bays are on the outside of Chichagof 
Island, and Surge Bay is on the outside of Yakobi Island. All are unsurveyed local- 
ities, from which a few redfish are taken for Rediish Bay cannery. 
Sitkoh Bay, Gut Bay, Falls Creek, Point Ellis, Kuiu Bay, Shipley Bay, and 
Point Barrie in Chatham Strait are localities from which a few redfish are caught for 
the same cannery. All these streams should be examined; probably none of them are 
of much importance; still the negative evidence may be of value. It is said that 
formerly many of these streams were barricaded, but that they are now all open. 
ASTORIA AND ALASKA PACKING COMPANY. 
A cannery was built by tliis company in 1880, in Pavlof Harbor, Freshwater Bay, 
on the eastern side of Chichagof Island. Messrs. Sanborn & Ellmore, of Astoria, 
were the ixroinoters of the enterprise. It made a pack in that year, and in the spring 
of 1890 was moved to the South Bay of Pillars (Point Ellis), on the eastern side of 
Kuiu Island, packing that year and also in 1891. It was burned in May, 1892. The 
cannery was located on the southern shore of the bay. 
The streams fished for this cannery were the following: 
The home stream, known usually as the Point Ellis Stream, at the head of 
South Bay of Pillars, from which in 1891 the cannery obtained 35,000 redtish, 5,000 
cohoes, and 100,000 humpbacks. 
Pillar Bay Stream is at the head of the North Bay of Pillars, and is said to have 
furnished the cannery in 1891 with a large number of cohoes and humpbacks. A 
small saltery is now located here and operated by Mr. Jack Mantle. 
Near the head of Tebenkof, or Kou Bay, is a stream usually known as Kuiu 
Stream, which in 1891 furnished the cannery with a lai’ge number of redfish, cohoes, 
and humpbacks. A few fish were also taken from several small streams on Baranof 
Island, and from Sitkoh Bay on Chichagof Island, none of which were visited. 
Baranof Island has a number of streams in which redfish are found, but except 
Redfish Bay and Necker Bay they are said to be uui’eliable, and at best carry a very 
limited number. This is also true of Chichagof. Frecpieut inquiries were made about 
Admiralty Island, but onlj^ two redfish streams were heard of, and these are doubtful. 
This country has all been iirospected over, and it is thought that the streams are 
fairly well known; but a further visit to all these localities should be made, so that 
some definite knowledge in relation to them may be on record. 
KILLISNOO. 
Killisnoo is on the northeastern side of Kenasnow Island, close to the western 
shore of Admiralty Island, opposite Peril Straits, and about 3 miles south of the 
entrance to Kootznahoo Inlet. It is a regular calling-place for the steamers of the 
Pacific Coast Steamship Company. It has a post office, store. Government school, and 
a Greek chapel. In 1890 the regular population was 79. The works of the Alaska 
Oil and Guano Company, incorporated with a capital stock of $75,000, are located 
here. The business of the company is to extract the oil from the herring and convert 
the refuse into guano. Incidentally a few salmon and herring are salted. 
Ill 1880 Messrs. Spuhn & Vanderbilt came to Alaska, operating under the title of 
the Northwest Trading Company, for the purpose of establishing stores for trade with 
the natives. One store was located at Killisnoo, an old Hudson Bay Company station. 
