Sttuawap Lakes. Those which en
tered Quesuel and Chllko in August
of 1913 consisted of flsh which pass
ed through Hell’s Gate during high
woi>;r in July before the blockade
became effective, and those reach
ed Shuswap consisted of flsh that
were assisted over the blockade lata
ii ihe season.
»n view of the foregoing records
It is apparent that there is little war
rant for terming a run of a few thou
sand to any of the lakes “a good
ran," or to forecast a good return
from their spawning. There can be
no. considerable return four years
hence from sockeye that spawned in
the Quesnel. Chilko. Stuart, Fraser,
Francois, Seton, or Anderson Lakes
thi* year.
As already stated, no sockeye aru
known to have reached the Shuswap
srea In August and September of
this year. However, a conniderabla
number made their appearance in
Little and Adams Rivers about the
middle of October. In company with
Dominion Fishery Officer Shotton 1
saw them spawning in those waters
on October 25th. The waters in
both rivers were much higher in
1926, with the result that the flan
were more scattered and it was more
difficult to form an estimate of their
numbers. I formed the opinion
that the number was less than in
1926—that approximately 100,000
wer** seen spawniug there this year.
The fish we saw there were strictly
of the upper river type which form
ci fv spawned in vast numbers in ail
the great lakes of the Fraser above
Hell's Gato. They were large, strong
fish with carmine-red bodies and.
green heads and tails. The females
of the sockeye which spawn in the
Birkenhead River, at the head of
the Harrison-Lillooet Lakes section
though they were about the same
in size. They were very much larg
er and far more highly coloured
than any of the races of sockeye
woich spawn in Cultus, Morris, and
ritt Lakes, or in any other area
in the Lower Fraser
‘Notwithstanding that it was be
lieved that very few sockeye spawn
ed in the Shuswap or any other area
in the Fraser above Hell’s Gate four
years ago, I am of the opinion that
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the fish that we saw spawning in
Adams and Little Rivers this year
were the product of fish that spawn*
ed in the upper-river basin four
years ago.
"Conditions at Hell’s Gate Can
yon in the Fraser were under con
stant observation throughout the
season. Dominion Fishery Officer
T. E. Scott, who has been stationed
th-:re since 1913, advised Major
Motherwell that very few sockeye
w**re seen there in July and in Aug
ust, that but a limited number were
seen there in September but that
considerable number of sockeye
reached the Gate early in October
and passed through with no delay.
Presumably the latter were the fish
that were later noted in Adams and
Little Rivers, Shuswap area. On
October 25th Officer Scott reported
that a very large run—“the largest
seen there in some years”—reached
the' Gate. Water conditions were
. however unfavorable, and many of
the fish, which appeared in good
condition,, were not seen* passing
through—“either the fish had no
inclination to do so, or they were
not stieng enough.” That some of
them did pass tho Gate at that time
is evidenced by the fact that
sockeye in numbers were seen short
ly afterward in both the Fraser and
the Thompson .above Lyton. What
became of the fish in this late Octo
ber run that are supposed not to
have passed through the canyon is
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