Salmon cannery
Encyclopedia
Salmon canneries conduct the commercial canning
of salmon
. This fish processing
industry became widespread on the Pacific coast of North America in the nineteenth century.
Canneries
Cannery vessels
Cannery companies
Settlements
(Sorted alphabetically by state or province.)
Canning
Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a typical shelf life ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances a freeze-dried canned product, such as canned, dried lentils, can last as...
of salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
. This fish processing
Fish processing
The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer...
industry became widespread on the Pacific coast of North America in the nineteenth century.
List of salmon canneries
Notable salmon canneries and salmon canning settlementsCanneries
- Gulf of Georgia CanneryGulf of Georgia CanneryThe Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Steveston village in Richmond, British Columbia.Built in 1894, the Cannery echoes the days when it was the leading producer of canned salmon in British Columbia...
, Steveston, British Columbia (re-opened in 1994 as a fishing and canning museum) - Kake CanneryKake CanneryKake Cannery is a historic site near Kake, Alaska. Alternate names for the site are: Sanborn Cutting Company, Sunny Point Packing Company, Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation, P.E. Harris & Company, Keku Cannery. It was built from 1912 through 1940...
, Alaska - Kukak Cannery Archeological Historic District, Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. The park covers , being roughly the size of Wales. Most of this is a designated wilderness area, including of the park...
, Alaska - North Alaska Salmon Company
- North Pacific Cannery, Prince Rupert, British Columbia – oldest extant West Coast salmon cannery (1889), National Historic Site
- First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery Site, Broderick, CaliforniaBroderick, CaliforniaBroderick is a former town in Yolo County, California, USA, now forming part of the City of West Sacramento. It is located just west of the Sacramento River in the eastern portion of the county. Broderick's ZIP Code is 95605 and its area code 916...
, former National Historic Landmark - Samuel Elmore CannerySamuel Elmore CannerySamuel Elmore Cannery was a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Astoria, Oregon that was designated in 1966 but was delisted in 1993.The home of "Bumble Bee" brand tuna, it was the longest continuously-operated salmon cannery in the United States, from its construction in 1898 until decommissioning...
, Oregon (1898, decommissioned 1980, burned 1993) - Waterfall Cannery, Waterfall, AlaskaWaterfall, AlaskaWaterfall is an unincorporated area on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States, approximately 60 miles west of Ketchikan. The primary industry was Waterfall Cannery, built in 1912 as a salmon processing facility...
(1912, operated until 1970, converted to Waterfall Resort 1973)
Cannery vessels
- USS LCI(L)-1091USS LCI(L)-1091USS LCI-1091 is an built for the United States Navy in World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.-Operational history:...
Cannery companies
- Alaska Packers' AssociationAlaska Packers' AssociationThe Alaska Packers' Association was a San Francisco based manufacturer of Alaska canned salmon founded in 1891 and sold in 1982. As the largest salmon packer in Alaska, the member canneries of APA were active in local affairs, and had considerable political influence...
- Bumble Bee Foods
- Chugach Alaska CorporationChugach Alaska CorporationChugach Alaska Corporation, or CAC, is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Chugach Alaska Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 23, 1972...
- John West Foods, founded in the nineteenth century by Captain John WestJohn West (captain)John West was a Scottish inventor and businessman who immigrated to Canada, California and later Oregon where he operated a cannery and exported salmon to Great Britain.-Biography:Captain John West was a self-made man...
- King OscarKing Oscar sardinesThe King Oscar brand was founded in 1902, when King Oscar II, ruler of Norway and Sweden, gave a Norwegian canning company special royal permission to use his name and likeness on a line of sardine products....
- Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Settlements
(Sorted alphabetically by state or province.)
- Aleutians East Borough, AlaskaAleutians East Borough, Alaska- See also :*List of airports in the Aleutians East Borough*National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska-External links:*-References:...
- Akhiok, AlaskaAkhiok, AlaskaAkhiok is a 2nd class city in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. Akhiok is Kodiak's southernmost village. The population was 80 at the 2000 census. Akhiok, which does not have a post office, is a rural location in postal code 99615 which belongs to Kodiak...
- Baranof IslandBaranof IslandBaranof Island, also sometimes called Baranov Island, Shee or Sitka Island, is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name Baranof was given in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov...
, Alaska - Bristol BayBristol BayBristol Bay is the eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West in Southwest Alaska. Bristol Bay is 400 km long and 290 km, wide at its mouth...
, Alaska - Excursion Inlet, AlaskaExcursion Inlet, AlaskaExcursion Inlet is a census-designated place in Haines Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 10 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Excursion Inlet is located at ....
- Dillingham, AlaskaDillingham, Alaska- Natural resources :Dillingham was once known as the Pacific salmon capital of the world and commercial fishing remains an important part of the local economy...
- King Cove, AlaskaKing Cove, AlaskaKing Cove is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 792.-Geography:...
- Klawock, AlaskaKlawock, AlaskaKlawock is a city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, on Klawock Inlet, across from Klawock Island...
- Kodiak IslandKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
, including the city of Kodiak, AlaskaKodiak, AlaskaKodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline... - Naknek, AlaskaNaknek, AlaskaNaknek is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP was 678....
- Nushagak, AlaskaNushagak, AlaskaNushagak was a trade center and settlement near the present-day site of Dillingham, Alaska, USA, at the northern end of Nushagak Bay in northern Bristol Bay. It was located near the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers....
- Orca InletOrca InletOrca Inlet is an arm of Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. The town of Cordova was founded on its coast in 1906. All marine traffic reaches the town through Orca Inlet.-Geography:...
, Alaska - Pelican, AlaskaPelican, AlaskaPelican is a city in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 163.-Geography:...
- Port Wakefield, AlaskaPort Wakefield, AlaskaPort Wakefield, Alaska is a ghost town on the north-east coat of Raspberry Island in the Kodiak Archipelago located in the Gulf of Alaska.It was established shortly after World War II by Lowell A...
- Quinhagak, AlaskaQuinhagak, AlaskaQuinhagak is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 555....
- Raspberry IslandRaspberry Island (Alaska)Raspberry Island is an island of the Kodiak Archipelago located in the Gulf of Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located two miles northwest of Whale Island, and just across the mile wide Raspberry Strait from the southwestern end of Afognak. The island is separated from Kodiak Island by...
, Alaska - Snettisham, AlaskaSnettisham, AlaskaSnettisham is a locale and former populated place in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Based on the mainland coast of Stephens Passage, it is southeast of the city of Juneau. The area was named by George Vancouver in 1794...
- Togiak, AlaskaTogiak, AlaskaTogiak is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 809.-Geography:...
, see also Togiak RiverTogiak RiverTogiak River is a 48-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Togiak Lake and flows southwest to Togiak Bay, two miles east of Togiak and 45 miles east of Goodnews Bay.... - Ugashik, AlaskaUgashik, AlaskaUgashik is a census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 11 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ugashik is located at ....
- Waterfall, AlaskaWaterfall, AlaskaWaterfall is an unincorporated area on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States, approximately 60 miles west of Ketchikan. The primary industry was Waterfall Cannery, built in 1912 as a salmon processing facility...
- Yakutat City and Borough, AlaskaYakutat City and Borough, AlaskaYakutat City and Borough is a unified city-borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4035. The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest", but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word...
- Butedale, British ColumbiaButedale, British ColumbiaButedale is a ghost town that was founded on Princess Royal Island, British Columbia in 1918 as a fishing, mining and logging camp. Initially the salmon cannery was established by Western Packers which was purchased and operated by the Canadian Fishing Company until it ceased operating in the 1950s...
- Namu, British ColumbiaNamu, British ColumbiaNamu is a small fishing port, former cannery town and First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about southwest of Bella Coola or SSE of Bella Bella, on the mainland shore of the Inside Passage ferry route directly opposite Hunter Island, and just south of...
- Prince Rupert, British ColumbiaPrince Rupert, British ColumbiaPrince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people .-History:...
- Steveston, British ColumbiaSteveston, British ColumbiaSteveston was originally a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia, but has since been absorbed into the city of Richmond, British Columbia....
- Tallheo, British ColumbiaTallheo, British ColumbiaTallheo is a First Nations community of the Nuxálk people and former cannery town near Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada, on North Bentinck Arm...
- Wales Island, British ColumbiaWales Island (British Columbia)Wales Island is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, situated east of the Dixon Entrance at the entrance to Portland Inlet. in area, Wales Island is north of the port city of Prince Rupert, and south-east of Ketchikan, Alaska....
- Narooma, New South WalesNarooma, New South WalesNarooma is a town in the Australian state of New South Wales on the far south coast. The town is on the Princes Highway. The name is said to be derived from the Aboriginal word meaning ‘clear blue waters’. At the 2006 census, Narooma had a population of 3,100 people.Montague Island, a National...
- Astoria, OregonAstoria, OregonAstoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811...
- Kernville, OregonKernville, OregonKernville is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is located near the intersection of U.S. Route 101 and Oregon Route 229, where the Siletz River enters Siletz Bay. There are two communities, known as "old" and "new" Kernville, in close proximity. Old Kernville...
- Warrenton, OregonWarrenton, OregonWarrenton is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. The city is named for D.K. Warren, an early settler. The population was 4,096 at the 2000 census.- History :...
- Wedderburn, OregonWedderburn, OregonWedderburn is an unincorporated coastal community in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is located across the mouth of Rogue River from Gold Beach, on U.S. Route 101. The Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge connects Wedderburn with Gold Beach....
- Westport, OregonWestport, OregonWestport is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Westport is connected to Cathlamet, Washington across the river via the Wahkiakum County Ferry to Puget Island. U.S...
- Port-Menier, QuebecPort-Menier, QuebecPort-Menier, Quebec is a small fishing town located on the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Menier....
, founded by chocalatier and cannery owner Henri MenierHenri MenierHenri Emile Anatole Menier was a French businessman and adventurer and a member of the Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Paris, he was the son of Emile-Justin Menier and grandson to Antoine Brutus Menier who founded the Menier Chocolate company...
(1853–1913) - Bellingham, WashingtonHistory of Bellingham, WashingtonThe history of Bellingham, Washington, involves the settling of Whatcom County in the mid-to-late 19th century. The name of Bellingham is derived from the bay on which the city is situated...
- Blaine, WashingtonBlaine, WashingtonBlaine is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The city's northern boundary is the Canadian border. Blaine is the shared home of the Peace Arch international monument...
The world's largest salmon cannery was operated by the Alaska Packer's Association for decades in Blaine. - Chetlo Harbor, WashingtonChetlo Harbor, WashingtonChetlo Harbor, also known as over the years as Cougar Bend, Napoleon, and Stanley, was a small settlement located near the southwest coast of Washington State, in the southeast corner of Willapa Bay at the mouth of the Naselle River. The population of the settlement was approximately 50 people at...
- Clallam Bay, WashingtonClallam Bay, WashingtonClallam Bay is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, at the confluence of the Clallam River and Clallam Bay. Known for its natural beauty and hunting, Clallam Bay is partially reliant on tourism. Clallam Bay is considered the twin city of nearby...
- McGowan, WashingtonMcGowan, WashingtonMcGowan, Washington was a stop on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company's narrow gauge line that ran on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, USA from 1889 to 1930. In the late 19th century, P.J. McGowan bought land in the area for $1,200, and built his house and a dock and a...
- Moclips, WashingtonMoclips, WashingtonMoclips is a census-designated place in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census. It is located near the mouth of the Moclips River....
See also
- AlaskerosAlaskerosThe Alaskeros were Filipino seasonal migrant workers in the United States. They worked in salmon canneries in Alaska during the summer, and on farms on the west coast during the rest of the year...
, worked in salmon canneries in Alaska during the summer, and on farms on the west coast during the rest of the year - Cannery RowCannery RowCannery Row is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California. It is the site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories. The last cannery closed in 1973...
- History of fishingHistory of fishingFishing is the activity of catching fish. It is an ancient practice dating back at least 40,000 years. Since the 16th century fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on...
- History of AlaskaHistory of AlaskaThe history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period , when Asiatic groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups...
- Alaska salmon fisheryAlaska salmon fisheryThe Alaskan salmon fishery was saved due to strict mitigation measures and the implementation of policies. Alaska's successful conservation of their salmon resources is reflected in recent healthy and abundant salmon runs...
- Alaska Packers' AssociationAlaska Packers' AssociationThe Alaska Packers' Association was a San Francisco based manufacturer of Alaska canned salmon founded in 1891 and sold in 1982. As the largest salmon packer in Alaska, the member canneries of APA were active in local affairs, and had considerable political influence...
- List of canneries in British Columbia
- Robert Cunningham (1837–1905), pioneer and cannery founder
- Crescent Porter HaleCrescent Porter HaleCrescent Porter Hale was an American industrialist who was involved in the canned salmon industry in Bristol Bay, Alaska throughout his adult life.-Early life:...
(1872–1937), cannery and fisheries owner - Robert Deniston HumeRobert Deniston HumeRobert Deniston Hume was a cannery owner, pioneer hatchery operator, politician, author, and self-described "pygmy monopolist" who controlled salmon fishing for 32 years on the lower Rogue River in U.S. state of Oregon...
(1845–1908), cannery owner - Henry O'LearyHenry O'LearyHenry O'Leary was an Irish-born businessman and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1873 to 1878....
(1832–1897), cannery founder
External links
- "A Brief Overview of the History of Fish Culture and its Relation to Fisheries Science" Gary D. Sharp, Center for Climate/Ocean Resources Study, Monterey.