22 "Cr. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



In 1889 a man named Morse establislied a cannery at Seattle and 

 operated it for only one year. 



The first Puget Sonnd sockeye cannery was built at Semiahmoo, 

 near Blaine, by J. A. Martin and John Elwood about the year 1891. 

 It was bought in 1892 for 1500 by D. Drysdale, who shortly after- 

 ward rebuilt and greatly enlarged the plant. In the same year Mr. 

 Drysdale demonstrated the commercial success of fish traps. Traps 

 haci been in operation before this, however. In 1893 Ainsworth & 

 Dunn had a trap at Five Mile Rock, just beyond the lighthouse 

 at Magnolia Bluff (now a part of Seattle), and there had been a 

 trap or two in Elliott Bay even prior to this. Traps had not been 

 profitable in this section, however, owing to the cheapness and 

 abundance of salmon, haul seines l)eing cheaper and more profitable 

 to operate. A man named H. B. Kirby, who came originally from 

 Nova Scotia, and another named Goodfellow (now living at Point 

 Roberts) put in the first trap for Mr. Drysdale. 



From this time on the industry fluctuated considerably, 41 can- 

 neries, an increase of 10 over 1914, being operated in 1915, while 35 

 were operated in 1919. 



During the early years of sockeye canning they were not sold to 

 the trade as sockeyes. but as Alaska reds and Columbia River salmon, 

 for which thorc^ had been an established market for some years. 



H, Bell-Irving & Co., of Vancouver, Britisli Columbia, were the 



Eioneers in the labeling of the fish as sockeyes, this being in 1894-95. 

 like all virtually new products, sockeye salmon had a hard fight 

 for several years to secure a foothold in the salmon markets, and 

 it was not until the Spanish- American War in 1898 caused a heavy 

 demand for canned foods that its position became finally established. 



Soleduck River. — This is a small stream, about 30 miles in length, 

 which flows through the southwestern part of Clallam County and 

 empties directly into the ocean. The Quillayute Indian Reservation 

 is located here and the natives formerly caught salmon and marketed 

 them on Puget Sound, but a small cannery, started at Mora, on this 

 river, in 1912, furnished a market for the catch up to the end of 1915, 

 when it was abandoned. 



Hoh River. — This is a comparatively small river, which is wholly 

 within Jefferson County, and debouches into the ocean in the north- 

 western part of the county. It passes through the Hoh Indian 

 Reservation in its lower reaches. A cannery was built here in 1917 

 by Fletcher Bros., and has been operated each season since. In 

 the spring, of 1919 it was moved to a more convenient location about 

 a mile from the original site. 



Queets River. — This river, which is about 35 miles h)ng, rises in the 

 northern part of Jefferson County and empties directly into the ocean 

 in the northwestern part of Grays Harbor County, within the bounds 

 of the Quinaidt Indian Reservation. A small salmon cannery was 

 built at Queets, in Jefterson County, in 1905, and has been operated 

 every season since. 



Quinaidt River. — This river, which enters the ocean in the north- 

 western part of Grays Harbor County, has a length from the ocean 

 to (^uinault Lake of about 40 miles, wholly within the boundaries 

 of the Quinault Indian Reservation. 



This stream is especially noted for its long-continued annual run 

 of Quinault salmon (0. nerka). These fish, which are noted for 



