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The Canoe Pass Packing Co., which had built a cannery at Canoe 

 Pass, southeast Ahiska, in 1912, and had not operated it subse- 

 quently, in 1915 moved the machinery to Cordova and installed it in 

 a rented building and made a pack. It built its own cannery at 

 Shepard Point, near Cordova, in 1917. 



In 1916 the Carlisle Packing Co. built a cannery at Cordova, while 

 the Clark-Graham Co. built one at Eyak, a few miles away. 



In 1917 the following new canneries were operated: Valdez Pack- 

 ing Co., Valdez; Copper River Packing Co., Port Nellie Juan; Light- 

 house Canning Co. and Moore Packing Co., Cordova; and San Juan 

 Fishing & Packing Co., Seward. The latter plant was also equipped 

 for freezing salmon and other fishes. The Lighthouse Canning Co. 

 was canning clams in 1916, the first year of its operation. The Alaska 

 Sea Food Co. took over the Turner cannery, which had been built in 

 1916 and used in packing clams. The plant was destroyed by fire on 

 April 4, but was rebuilt the same year, although not operated with 

 salmon until 1918. 



A number of salmon salteries were started in Prince William Sound 

 after 1915. Charles Matthews in 1916 operated a salmon saltery at 

 Seward; The Kenai Fishing & Trading Co. in 1916 acquired the J. 

 Settles saltery on Eshamy Bay. In 1918 the company expanded into 

 a canning plant. A. C. Hoodenpyle operated a saltery at Port Wells 

 in 1918. 



In 1919 the following new canneries were started: Franklin Pack- 

 ing Co., Port Ashton; and Pioneer Packing Co., Cordova (this plant 

 had been operating on clams for a couple of seasons). The Eyak- 

 River Packing Co. took over the Clark-Graham Co., while the Hillery- 

 Scott Co. succeeded the Lighthouse Canning Co. 



COOK INLET. 



Wlnle this great inlet has an abimdant supply of salmon, it is one 

 of the most difficult sections in aU Alaska in which to fish successfully. 

 The tides and currents in the inlet are strong and treacherous, increas- 

 ing in height and force as its head is approached, where the tide 

 comes in with a bore which is extremely dangerous to small craft. 

 Shoals make out a long distance from shore and are continually 

 changing. 



The first cannery to be built on the inlet was in 1882, when the 

 Alaska Packing Co., of San Francisco, built one at Kasilof, on the right 

 bank ol the Kasilof River at the mouth, utilizing the available machin- 

 ery from the cannery built by the Cutting Packing Co. at old Sitka 

 in 1878. In 1885 this cannery was sold to the Arctic Fishing Co. 

 In 1890 the loss of its cannery ship forced it to close that season. 

 In 1893 it joined the Alaska Packers Association. At the height of 

 the season of 1905 the plant was burned. It was rebuilt the next 

 spring and has been operated each year since. 



Th(' cannery of the Northern Packing Co. was built in 1888 on the 

 eastern side of Cook Inlet, at Kenai, at the mouth of the Kaknu 

 River. It was operated up to and including 1891. In 1898 it joined 

 the Alaska Packers Association, but has not been operated since 1891. 



In 1897 the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. built a cannery at Kenai, 

 but did not install the machinery and operate it until the next year. 

 In 1901 this cannery was taken over by the Pacific Packing & Navi- 

 gation Co. In 1903 the plant burned down. Upon the sale of it 



