,+ Environment Canada Environnement Canada DFO a0 Bi : ` .,, que Fisheries Service des péches and Marine Service et des sciences de la mer 1203$477 o c^ i S 8 F^ 91 , Prel iminary`. ^atalogue a,o Salmon Streams-an(i S awning Escapement L^o# _Sta-t+ '_ cal Area 12 (Port Hard y - A lert Bay) D.E. Marshall R.F. Brown V. D. Chahley D.G. Demontier Pac/D - 77 - 2 Pac i f i c Reg ion Environment Environnement 1,11011, Canada Canada ooi5abc^tA cANWoA. ^:SKERiES ^NO M+^R^aE staJ'cl ^?qc.F ^c QcG^oA. DATA REcoWo %lEIES^?A c/ D. SH 224.B7 C32 no.77-2 ®+ Environment Canada Envirormement Canada Fisheries Service des péches and Marine Service et des sci ences de la mer Preliminary Catalogue of Salmon Streams and Spawning Escapements of Statistical Area 12 (Port Hardy- Alert Bay) D.E. Marshall R.F. Brown V. D. Chahley D.G. Demontier Pac/D-77-2 Pac i f i c Reg ion ii CONTENTS jStatistical Areas ................................................... ii Conservation Districts vi ,Management Branches ................................................. vii Salmon Spawning Streams ............................................. Viii Escapement Record for Statistical Area 12 ........................... ix !Standards Used on Description Page .................................. x Map References ...................................................... xiii !STREAM DATA ADAM RIVER ..................................................... 1 AHNUHATI RIVER ................................................. 4 AHTA RIVER . .................................................... 9 AHTA VALLEY CREEK .............................................. 13 BARNARD CREEK . ................................................. 17 BOUGHEY BAY CREEK .............................................. 21 BRADLEY CREEK .................................................. 25 BUGHOUSE BAY CREEK ............................................. 29 CALL CREEK ..................................................... 33 CARRIDEN BAY CREEK ............................................. 37 CHARLES CREEK .................................................. 41 CLUXEWE RIVER .................................................. 45 COHOE CREEK .................................................... 49 CRACROFT CREEK ................................................. 53 EMBLEY RIVER ................................................... 57 FRANKLIN RIVER ................................................. 61 FULMORE RIVER .................................................. 65 GILFORD CREEK . ................................................. 69 GLENDALE CREEK ................................................. 73 HEALTH LAGOON CREEK ............................................ 77 HOEYA SOUND CREEK .............................................. 81 HUASKIN CREEK .................................................. 85 HYDE CREEK .. ................................................... 89 JENNIS BAY CREEK ............................................... 93 KAKWEIKEN RIVER ................................................ 97 KAMANO BAY CREEK ............................................... 101 KEOGH RIVER .................................................... 105 KINGCOME RIVER ................................................. 109 KLINAKLINI RIVER ............................................... 113 KOKISH RIVER ................................................... 117 KWALATE CREEK .................................................. 121 LULL CREEK ..................................................... 125 McALISTER CREEK ................................................ 129 MACKENZIE SOUND CREEK .......................................... 133 MAPLE COVE CREEK ............................................... 137 MARION CREEK ................................................... 141 MATSUI CREEK ................................................... 145 MILLS CREEK .................................................... 149 NAHWITTI RIVER ................................................. 153 NEW VANCOUVER CREEK ............................................ 157 NIGGER CREEK ................................................... 161 NIMMO BAY CREEK ................................................ 165 NI.ti1PKISH RIVER ................................................. 169 PORT HARVEY LAGOON CREEKS ...................................... 173 CONTENTS (Cont'd) POTTS LAGOON CREEK .............:............................... 177 PROTECTION POINT CREEK ......................................... 181 QUATSE RIVER ................................................... 185 I RICHMOND BAY CREEK ............................................. 189 ROBBERS NOB CREEK .............................................. 193 SCOTT COVE CREEK ............................................... 197 SHELTER BAY CREEK .............................................. 201 SHOAL HARBOUR CREEK ............................................ 205 SHUSHARTIE RIVER ............................................... 209 SIM RIVER ...................... .. .............................. 213 SL^f00N SOUND CREEK ............................................. 217 SONGHEES CREEK ................................................. 221 STRANBY RIVER .................................................. 225 SULLIVAN BAY CREEK ............................................. 229 THIEMER CREEK .................................................. 233 TSITIKA RIVER .................................................. 237 TSULQUATE RIVER ................................................ 241 TUNA RIVER ..................................................... 245 VINER SOUND CREEK .............................................. 249 VIOLA CREEK .................................................... 253 14AHKANA BAY CREEK .............................................. 257 WAKEMAN RIVER .................................................. 261 WALDON CREEK ................................................... 265 METRIC EQUIVALENTS, WATER QUANTITIES AND FLOW MEASUREMENTS ........................................................ 270 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS FISHERIES AND MARINE SERVICE PACIFIC REGION 1 ^ r ` I s 1 ti 1 tif^ ^T E RrR I -T ^^O R y V1 MANAGEMENT BRANCHES FISHERIES & MARINE SERVICE PACIFIC REGION vii SALMON SPAWNING STREAMS STATISTICAL AREA 12 0 20 i 1 miles 1. Adam River 2. Ahnuhati River 3. Ahta River 4. Ahta Valley Creek 5. Barnard Creek 6. Boughey Bay Creek 7. Bradley Creek 8. Bughouse Bay Creek 9. Call Creek 10. Carriden Bay Creek 48. Richmond Bay Creek 11. Charles Creek 49. Robbers Nob Creek 12. Cluxewe River 30. Kokish River 50. Scott Cove Creek 13. Cohoe Creek 31. Kwalate Creek 51. Shelter Bay Creek 14. Cracroft Creek 32. Lull Creek 52. Shoal Harbour Creek 15. Embley River 33. McAlister Creek 53. Shushartie River 16. Franklin River 34. Mackenzie Sound Creek 54. Sim River 17. Fulmore River 35. Maple Cove Creek 55. Simoon Sound Creek 18. Gilford Creek 36. Marion Creek 56. Songhees Creek 19. Glendale Creek 37. Matsui Creek 57. Stranbv River 20. Health Lagoon Creek 38. Mills Creek 58. Sullivan Bay Creek 21. Hoeya Sound Creek 39. Nahwitti River 59. Thiemer Creek 22. Huaskin Creek 40. New Vancouver Creek 60. Tsitika River 23. Hyde Creek 41. Nigger Creek 61. Tsulquate River 24. Jennis Bay Creek 42. Nimmo Bay Creek 62. Tuna River 25. Kakweiken River 43. Nimpkish River 63. Viner Sound Creek 26. Kamano Bay Creek 44. Port Harvey Lagoon Creeks 64. Viola Creek 27. Keogh River 45. Potts Lagoon Creek 65. Wahkana Bay Creek 28. Kingcome River 46. Protection Point Creek 66. Wakeman River 29. Klinaklini River 47. Quatse River 67. Waldon Creek viii STATISTICAL AREA 12 GK 7`r- r, 7- :1C: {. CG?IO I CÎlUM PINK S^" -Z:^^^ G J 7 UNK UNK UNK UNK UNK -40 4500 775 11725 71450 91575 113150 7025 78375 254775 67225 îG 145575 8475 91400 402275 416850 7 1 1 5 1125 30500 214100 396000 192850 7 2 122225 19275 1 192375 357325 474200 53 1 135850 42150 187000 304550 143275 f 54 97400 32500 99200 324875 286800 55 95475 42125 I 187550 202725 284900 8 550 34075 262550 174575 456800 57 151350 17675 124425 218100 441525 5 105650 18225 135325 332725 472950 59 93750 25850 78200 106600 316125 G 88925 24875 45275 123300 168950 1 88400 15750 85875 207225 312150 6 2 1 134400 216 1261 5 0 148750 534675 3 1 179400 7 7 2 975 1463 2 5 342625 64 1 1 2 82 00 25075 103675 1 9 967 5 394900 65 40975 14675 100000 37275 253550 6 135900 7775 77100 88025 949500 7 113175 12450 60050 132025 23000 42850 16175 63000 164725 894425 - 69 108250 2375 16750 100675 125450 70 32575 11100 93200 141225 919475 71 103500 2900 35025 23850 1170750 72 77400 10325 49390 213330 494775 73 118535 15525 60850 305125 705315 7 163704 14450 59975 141921 771310 75 51604 11800 36635 49195 1117915 70 49707 15150 41560 164273 1400010 77 78 79 0 1 62 3 b ' 85 Time Arr . Start Peak End REïInRKS ix STANDARDS USED ON STREAM DATA PAGE Name of Stream: Name as given in Gazetteer of Canada, British -Columbia edition; local names are added in lower case type. Conservation District: As -defined by the Conservation and Prot- ection Service (April 1965). Statistical Area: As defined by Department of Fisheries Statist- ical Map (June 1957). Location and Position: Defined by quadrant indexing. Each geo- graphical quadrilateral of the earth's surface of 1 degree. in extent in latitude and longitude is divided into the SE, SW, NE and NW quarters. The south-east corner of each quadrilateral gives the initial point for the figure of reference (Gazetteer of Canada). 1240 123° 122° 54° 54° EXAMPLE "X" 53° 122° NW X I NW NE ^ t--- - -^- - - -j I ^ I SW