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DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND FORESTRY VANCOUVER, B. C. 1969 This booklet lists the ~ames and shows the

locations of salmon spawning streams located in the

northwest section of the Province of

q.nd the Yukon Territory., All streams listed herein

drain to the Pacific Ocean through the State of Alaska.

This edition is a supplement to the one prepared on

salmon spawning streams within Protection Districts

1-9 (1968). Some general notes on salmon in·the

Yukon River drainage are attached.

Prepared by Resource Development Branch

in Collaboration with

Conservation and Protection Branch OEPMTfll£NT OF FtSHENES MCff"iC R£GVOM SPAWNING .,S'TM1EM11a PROttCTIOW DiS1'MCT fO

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l BIG SALMON R. 28 MOO& 'R. 2 EARN R. 29 MORLEY R. 3 FISHING R 30 NlSUTL!N fl_ 0 4 GLADYS R. 31 NORDENSlELLY R. 8 HESS R. 35 PLEASANT Cl'\!. I 9 HOOLE R. 36 ?ORCUf'l'.Nt ~- 10 HUSKY DOG CR. 37 R IOOEl..L R. \. 11 JANET CR. 38 ROSE R. I 2 JENNINGS R. 39 ROSS R. c: ~ 13 KALZAS R. 40 ROGUE R. (______,_< 14 KLUANE R. 41 RUSSELL CR. 15 KOIOERN R. 42 SIDNEY ~- l/ "< 16 LAPlE R. 43 SOUTH ~lt!N R. '> I 7 LITTLE KALZAS R. 44 S1'EVIAi=! i l'l. · 18 LITTLE SALMON R. 45 SWIFT R. o,:; s 19 MacMlLLAN R. 46 TAKl'll'NI R. '*' • 20 M'CUNTOCK R. 47 TATCl'llJ'lli R. C--i..'/_ 21 McCO!',INELL R. 48 ITSL!N R. ~I. 22 McNAUGHTON CR. 49 TINCtJf> <::R. c' \ 23 McNEIL R. 50 WHiTt R. , 24 MAYO R.; 51 WHIT£ST~ R. c.:f 25 MICA CR.' 52 WOt,F' R. ..J' '; 26 MINER Fl . 53 woonsili>t R. t_ 27 MITCH!E CR. • I ~- r \_ f LI"\ : \.,""' l c;__ ' I <'? I J I ' \f L.....,J\. I ', '"'--, I "--·-'"l.. I ) ' ·~ ,J'--~-·f"'·. I ._..,._. \.

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4. _,· Name of Stream Page No.

Andismith Creek 1 Barrington River 1 Beatty Creek 1 Big Salmon River 4 Blanshard River 3 Bridge River 3 Christina Creek 1 Chu tine River 1 Dodj at in Creek 1 Dudidontu River 2 Earn River 4 Eight Mile Creek 1 Fishing River 4 Four Mile Creek 1 Gladys River 4 Glenlyon River 4 Goat Creek 3 Hackett River 2 Harvey Creek 4 Hayes River 4 Hiss River 4 Hoo le River 4 Husky Dog Creek 4 Inklin River 2 Iskut River 1 Janet Creek 4 Jennings Creek 4 Katete River 1 Kalzas River 4 King Salmon Creek 1 & 2 (Klukshu River) 3 (Kluana River ) 4 Koidern River 4 Ko shin River 2 Kowatua Creek 2 Lapie River 4 Little Kalzas River 4 Little Salmon River 4 Little Tahltan River 1 MacMillan River 4 McClintock River 4 McConnell River 4 McNaughton Creek 4 McNeil River 4 Mayo River 4 Mica River 4 Miner River 4 Mitchie River 4 Moose River 4 Morley River 4 Hahl in River 2 Nakina River 2 Nisutlin River 4 Nordenskiold River 4 North Big Salmon River 4 North Klondike River 4 Name of Stream Page No.

Pelley River 4 Pleasant Creek 4 Porcupine River 4 Riddell River 4 Rose River 4 Ross River 4 Rogue River 4 Russell Creek 4 Shakes Creek 1 2 Sidney Creek 4 Silver Creek ' 3 Silver Salmon Creek 2 Sloko River 2 South MacMillan River 4 Stewart River 4 Smith River 4 Tahltan River l '!'a1Chorine River 3 Takhini River 4 Talbot Creek 3 Tasakili River 1 Tatchun River 4 (Tatsatua Creek 2) (Tatsamenie River 2) Teslin River 4 Tip.cup Creek 4 Tseta River 2 Village Creek 3 White River 4 Whitestone River 4 Winter Creek 1 Wolf River 4 Woodside River 4 Notes on the Yukon River Salmon

Chinook and chum salmon populations form the

basis of commercial and domestic fisheries throughout

the length of the Yukon: River and on most of its major

tributaries. Coho salmon populations are little utilized

and practically nothing is known of their magnitude and

distribution in the Yukon River drainage.

A limited number of surveys of the Yukon River

tributaries have been conducted each fall since 1959

and these have been valuable in obtaining a distributional

picture of chinook salmon populations and a rough indication

of their magnitude. Adcitionally, assessment of fish passage facilities and downstream migrant studies at the

Whitehorse Rapids Dam have furnished more detailed knowledge of the McClintock River chinook population. Total enumeration of this race as it passes through the fishway has been obtained since 1959. The adult migration at the dam has generally peaked during the second week of August and spawning has been observed to be at its maximum during the first week of September. The major portion of the juvenile downstream migration at the dam in 1960 took place in July and consisted almost solely of fry of the year.

An unknown degree of freshwater residence upstream of the dam over one or more winters appears to take place, however.

Analysis of a small number of adult chinook scale samples showed that all fish in the sample migrated to sea in the first year of life and that considerable growth was achieved during migration. - 2 -

The known chinook salmon spawning streams in the

Yukon Territory are given in this report. On large river . ' . systems such as the ?elly, McMilla~, Stewart, and Porcupine, the spe-cific spawning tributaries are unknown. Undoubtedly the list of spawning streams is incomplete, as there are unconfirmed reports of chinook salmoh in other river systems.

The total population entering territorial waters is e_stimated at 50, 000 - 100, 000 chinook salmon. From 5, 000 to

10,000 are removed by the Canadian fisheries.

Because of their late arrival spawning grounds populations of chum salmon have been difficult to locate.

Migrating and/or spawning populations have been observed in the Fishing, Miner and Whitestone Rivers which are tributaries to the Porcupine River; Klondike River; Teslin River;

Nordenskiold River; Tincup and Kluane Rivers; and the

Koidern River, a tributary to the White River. The total population entering the Yukon Territory is estimated at approximately 250,000 of which 10,000 - 20,000 are caught annually by various fisheries. PARTICIPANTS

The following contributed directly to the preparation of this report.

C.E. Walker J.A. Summers - Consultant R.F. Brown - Recorder T.F. Hutton - Chief Draftsman S. Watanabe - Draftsman.