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assets in 1905 the site passed to the Northwestern Fisheries Co. In 

 1910 the company put up a new plant here and has operated it con- 

 tinuously since. During the period when the site was unused a mild- 

 curing establishment was operated here by the San Juan Fishing & 

 Packing Co. in 1907 and 1908. This plant bm-ned do\m just before 

 the lishing season of 1916 began, but was rebuilt in time to operate 

 in 1917. 



In 1890 George W. Hume, oi San Francisco, built a caimery at 

 Kasilof , on the right bank of the river, about half a mile above its 

 mouth. It was operated in 1890, 1891, and 1892. In 1893 it joined 

 the Alaska Packers Association and was consolidated with the plant 

 of the Arctic Fishing Co. 



C. D. Ladd operated a saltcry on the left bank and at the mouth of 

 the Chulitna River, about 6 mil<>s above Tyonek. This saltery was 

 purchased by the Alaska Salmon Association in 1899. The follow- 

 ing spring it erected a cannery here and made a small pack. It was 

 operated also in 1901 and 1902, and then abandoned. 



In 1907 J. A. Herbert & Co. established a saltery at English Bay 

 and operated it until 1910. 



In 1911 the Seldovia Salmon Co. built a cannery at Seldovia and 

 operated it until lat<> in 1915, when the company went into the hands 

 of a receiver. In 1916 it was reopened by the t^olumbia Salmon Co. 

 In 1917 it was bought by the Northwestern Fisheries Co. and oper- 

 ated in this and th<' succeeding year, but was closed in 1919. 



In 1912 the Fidalgo Island Packing Co., which already operated a 

 cannery at Ketchikan, in southeast Alaska, built a caimery at Port 

 Graham, at the lower end of the Kenai Peninsula. A pack was made 

 that year and each year since. 



The same year Libby, McNeill & Libby built a cannery at Kenai 

 and operated that year and each subsequent year. 



In 1915 the Deep S<'a Salmon Co., which operates a cannery in 

 southeast Alaska, built a plant near Knik, on the west side of Oook 

 Inlet, and made a small pack. This plant was abandoned at the end 

 of 1917 and part of the equipment sold to a new plant in southeast 

 Alaska. 



Of recent years considerable salting of salmon has been carried on 

 in Cook Inlet. In 1916 Dr. Knut A. Kyvig, of Anchorage, did some 

 salting at Swanson Creek, Turnagin iVrm, under the name of the 

 Kyvig Packing Co. In 1917 the Beluga Whaling Co. salted salmon at 

 Beluga. In 1918 Dr. Kyvi^ disposed of his interest in the Kachcmak 

 Bay plant to the Kachemak Canning Co. 



AFOGNAK ISLAND. 



Afognak Island lies to the northwest of Kodiak, and it is separated 

 from it by a narrow strait. 



In 1889 the Royal Packing Co. built a cannery at the head of 

 Aff)gnak Bay and operated it in 1889 and 1890. It became a mem- 

 ber of the Alaska Packers Association in 1S93. It has not boon 

 operated since 1892. 



The Russian- American Packing Co. in 1889 built a cannery imme- 

 diately above that of the Royal. It was operated in 1889 and 1890. 

 In 1893 it became a member of the Alaska Packers Association. It 

 has not been operated since 1890. 



