CHICHAGOF COVE 73 
the latter information proved to be incorrect the first may 
also well have been so. 
Behind the sand spit and between the two ridges which 
terminate in East Point and West Point respectively, lies a 
broad flat valley, partly occupied by a shallow lake of 
brackish water subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, and 
partly by a level meadow which stretches back fully two 
miles from the sand spit. The hills rise abruptly and in 
places precipitately on all sides of the meadow, reaching 
at the highest point, called Chichagof Peak, an elevation 
estimated at not less than 3,000 feet. Several narrow 
V-shaped valleys open into the main valley from the east 
and several small streams cascade down the cliffs at its 
head. 
The crest of the range was reached at but one point, a 
col directly behind Chichagof Peak. The summit here 
opens out to a plateau, broadening eastward and covered 
with snowfields, but to the north narrow and deeply dis¬ 
sected by streams flowing for the most part to the north. 
What seemed to be the waters of Port Moller were seen 
to the northwest, but of this I could not be quite sure. 
West of Chichagof Valley and between it and the next 
deep cove to the west are four high and narrow ridges 
trending northwest, enclosing three small streams flowing 
southward. 
The region is devoid of trees, but the lowlands are 
everywhere covered with a growth of high dense grass. 
Along the streams are willow thickets, and on many of the 
slopes are patches of low alder bushes. Above 1,000 feet 
elevation the vegetation is confined to scattering herba¬ 
ceous plants, and the rocks are free from soil and well ex¬ 
posed. A curious feature of the talus slopes was observed 
on the gently sloping ridges near the upper limit of abun¬ 
dant grass growth. The ridge crests are minutely and 
quite regularly terraced, the terraces contouring the ridge 
