The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-19

utary TO this bay and the easternmost
tributary to Port Clarence. The shortest
distance between tportage) these two
SEAMS .,s, " given from ten to fifteen miles.
The bay lies In a northery and sout h
eriy direction. and the shores on either
side OF the entrance are very bold the
nils rising abruptly from Ine water 1900
or 2mo feet From Cape Darby, on the
east TO Rocky cape. on the west is ten
nautical miles, Cape Darby is four nau-
iieal miles farther south than Rocky cape.
Halfway NJ the bay the shore line be
comes much less abrupt and n number
or sandy and sravelly beaches are found
with gently rising ground back OF them.
on the east side, between Carolyn island
and Chinick. there are a number OF small
streams where good fresh water can be
obtained for use OF small craft
North Weather In the Fail.
During September the weather was
through seaward with great force. at
times making II dangerous for small boats
but not sufficiently rough 10 seriously
discOmmodc sea-gplng vessels During
the few and short blows from the south,
ward at that season % the year the sea
runs into the bay much heavier than
would ordinarily be expected There were
three snowstorms during September The
heaviest was fall 81 between four and
ave Inches The cold was sufficient 10
freeze over the fresh water ponds and
streams Ice forming about one and half
inches thick.
There IL an abundance OF water for
vessels
portion ~ the bay, ana thirty feet may
he carried up as lar as Carolyn ISLAND
and one mile TO the westward from a. In
the upper portion there D. a bar. making
across with as rtte as thirteen or four
teen feet az low water After this bar Is
crossed Channelway Commences EraH-
ually deepening uniil the maximum ~
fnrtY-twp feet az Tow tide D. reached
known as a seycn-fathom hole which lies
between the two splts The bottom OF the
bay generally Is hard. hut no difficulty
holding ground There are a few local.
ties where the bottom ~ soft ami very
few IN which y Is rocky.
current observation were male in an
anchorage one mite northwest from caro-
IAN island The maximum nocd current
observed was about four-tenths and the
maximum ehb was about one and a tenth
knots nurnS most ~ the time the ebb
surrcnt 3ii uoi cease Running ln flood tide
and many times the food tde only pro-
dacc1 aigat currents
Water Driven out
"Northerly weather IN proportion ~ tho
duration ana strength 81 tho vini irircs
thr water ont 81 the hay and holds d out
while sout herlN weather produce the op-
posltc eject The difference ~ mean level
between northvriN ana southerly weather
- estimated 90 Do at times a. much as
Four feet.
''rhe7e Is trading post Dey,ers AZ
CAiHlek tho Eskimo nam, f1r which a
Ch.uEu!BEmeU-t Chiuick o. pruNaflv
corruption ~ tho native name ana that
or c'.e uextrrs is The name by which
ans store the scandinavian ruissian a
fsw miners houses anl native tents an
tho oaster.y SYST is knoEn
camps along 'he FTsh and Neurklu@k rsv.,
sss ORC tRken Ny stern wheel strainAoats
scro~s Goi.ru sound and up Fish river
twenty miles b~yoUf in swimmer time
rverytnins has 90 p, trekke,r Ia ~an.es
ans smaH Noats The watershed n fha
Fish river snd IT, tributaries IS now d3-