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of Kuiu Island. In 1904 this plant was moved to the Kvichalv 

 River in Bering Sea. 



Buhring & iTeckman operated a small saltery in Union Bay, on the 

 north side of Cleveland Penmsula, in 1901. Packing was carried on 

 aboard a barge. 



In 1901 the Muir Glacier Packing Co. put up a saltery on Ideal 

 Cove, Dry Pass, near Wrangell. It has operated mainly as a mild- 

 cure station. It was closed dowTi in 1908 but was opened in 1904. 

 It was then closed in 1905, 1906, and 1907. It was opened in 1908 by 

 K. J. Johansen and operated in 1908 and 1909. 



In 1902 the Kasaan Bay Co. built a cannery on the north side of 

 Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, and made a j)ack the same year. 

 It was shut down in 1904 and 1905, but reopened in 1906 by Gorman 

 & Co. , of Seattle, who had purchased control of the company. Shortly 

 after the closing of the packing season the plant burned dowTi, but it 

 was rebuilt in time to operate the following season. In 1909 the plant 

 was closed, but was reopened in 1910. On September 12 of that year 

 the plant was again destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in time to operate 

 the following season.. On October 29, 1911, the plant was once 

 more destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in time to operate in 1912. 

 In 1915 the plant was purchased and operated by the Anacortes 

 Fisheries Co., a subsidiary of the Booth Fisheries Co. 



In 1902 the Alaska Fish & Lumber Co. built a cannery at Shakan, 

 on Kosciusko Island, near the head of Prince of Wales Island, and 

 made a pack the same year. It was shut down in 1904. In 1905 the 

 property was taken over by the Shakan Salmon Co., a new companv 

 composed largely of members of the old corporation, who operated i: 

 that season. In 1906 Gorman & Co., of Seattle, obtained control oi 

 this cannery and operated it each season under the name of the Sha- 

 kan Salmon Co. until 1915, when it was sold to the Anacortes Fish- 

 eries Co., a subsidiary of the Booth Fisheries Co. 



In 1902 the Columbia Canning Co. ])uilt a cannery on the southern 

 side of Chilkoot Inlet, and made a pack that year. In 1910 C. A. 

 Burckhardt & Co., under the name of the Chilkoot Fisheries Co., pur- 

 chased and operated this plant. In 1911 the name was changed to 

 the Alaska Pacific Fisheries. Early in 1919 the plant was totally 

 destro3'ed by fire. 



The only cannery in this section lost to Alaska by action of the 

 Federal Government was that of the Wales Island Packing Co., which 

 was built on Wales Island, near Dixon Entrance, in 1902. When 

 the Alaska Boundary Arbitration Commission declared Wales Island 

 a part of Canada in 1903, this cannery automatically ceased to be an 

 American one. After the change of government it lay idle for some 

 time, but is now in use once more by Canadian parties. 



In 1902 the Thlinket Packing Co. built a cannery on Funter Bay, 

 on the west side of Admiralty Island, and made a pack that year and 

 every subsequent year to date. 



The same year "the Pillar Bay Packing Co. built and operated a 

 cannery near Point Ji^llis, on Kuiu Island, and operated it until 1918, 

 when it was sold to the Fidalgo Island Packing Co. 



In 1902 the Alaska Fisheries Union, oiganizod in Seattle, built a 

 cannery on the east side of Chilkat Inlet, and made a pack that year. 

 After operating to 1905, the plant was in that year leased to and 

 operated by the Lynn Canal Packing Co. The plant was purchaijcd 



