PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 57 



ALASKA PENINSULA, SOUTH SIDE. 



Ozernmj. — In 1889 a cannery, under the title of the Western 

 Alaska Packmg Co., was built at Ozernoy, on the western side of 

 Stepovak Bay, south side of the Alaska Peninsula, It packed that 

 year and in 1890, but the fish were so scarce that the cannery was 

 dismantled in 1891 and the site abandoned. 



Nothing was done with it for some yeai^, but about 1905 Bostrop 

 Omundsen located there and established a saltery. In the winter of 

 1912-13 August Lindquist purchased a half interest in the plant and 

 it was operated under their joint names until the death of the sen- 

 ior partner in the fall of 1915; since then it has been operated by 

 Lindquist alone. 



Tldn Point. — Thin Point is on the southern side of the Alaska 

 Peninsula, near its extreme western end. A saltery was operated 

 here for several years, until the Thin Pohit Packing Co. was organized 

 by Louis Sloss & Co., of San Francisco, and the cannery was built 

 in 1889. It was operated in 1889, 1890, and 1891, and was closed 

 after that date. In 1890 the cannery ship Oneida, en route for this 

 place, struck on the Sannaks in April and nearly all of the 77 Chinese 

 on board were lost. In 1893 the plant became a member of the 

 Alaska Packers Association. In 1894 the cannery was moved to 

 the Naknek River, in Bering Sea, and became a part of the cannery 

 of the Arctic Packing Co. 



The Alaska Packers Association operated a salterj' at Thin Point 

 in 1894, 1895, and 1896, and then al)andoned the place. 



The cannery of the Central Alaska Co. was moved in 1890 from 

 Little Ka3^ak Island, near Katalla, to Thin Point. It operated 

 during 1890 and 1891, was closed in 1892, and in 1893 joined the 

 Alaska Packers Association, but was no longer operated. In 1895 

 the available machinery was moved to Koggiung, on the Kvichak 

 River, in Bering Sea. 



In 1908 Osmund & Andersen established a saltery at Thin Point 

 and operated it in 1908, 1909, and 1910. 



In 1911 the Pacific American Fisheries built a cannery at King 

 Cove, on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, a few miles east oi 

 Thin Point, and in the fall purchased the saltery. The cannery was 

 operated in 1911 and each year smce. 



In 1917 the Pacific American Fisheries built and operated a new 

 cannery at Ikatan, on Isanotski Strait, at the eastern end of Unimak 

 Island. The Sockeye Salmon Co. built and operated in the same 

 year a new cannery on Morzhovia Bay, a few miles from the strait, 

 and on the Alaska Peninsula. In 1920 the latter was moved to the 

 Unimak Island side of the strait. 



8HUMAGIN AND SANNAK ISLANDS. 



Small saltorios have boon operated at difForont places on tho Shu- 

 magin and Sannak groups. The plants have usually been rudo and 

 primitive affairs and were operated whenever the price of salted 

 salmon was high enough to justify same. As the ownorehip, and the 

 location in many instances changed frequently, no attempt has boon 

 made oven to list them. 



In 1920 the Shurnagin Packing Co. installed the necessary machin- 

 ery in its saltery and put up a pack of canned salmon. 



