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latter and taken to the canneries by the run boats. The numerous 

 shoals in the bay seriously impede both fisliing and navigation. 



The first fishing operations on the Kvichak were in 1894, when the 

 Prosper Fishing & Trading Co. and the Alaska Packers Association 

 each established a saltery and operated that year and in 1895; in 

 1896 the latter purchased the plant of the former and consolidated 

 the two. 



In 1895 the Point Roberts Packing Co., which was owned by the 

 Alaska Packers Association, built a cannery at Koggiung, the site of 

 the former saltery, and operated it the next year. 



In 1900 there was a considerable development in this region. The 

 Kvichak Packing Co., owmed by the Alaska Packers Association, 

 built a cannery on the northern point of entrance to Bear Slough, 

 while the North Alaska Salmon Co. built two canneries about 1,000 

 feet apart on the left bank of the Kvichak, about 6 miles above 

 Koggiung. 



The latter company built a cannery at Hallerville on the Lockenuck 

 River, a tributary of the Kvichak, in 1904. In 1913 a large new can- 

 nery to take the place of the Hallerville plant was built on the lower 

 side of Pedersen Point, lower down on Kvichak Bay. In 1916 all 

 the plants of this company were purchased by Libby, McNeill & 

 Libby and have been operated by that company since. 



The second plant of the Alaska Packers Association, known as the 

 Coffee Creek plant, was burned down in 1906. It was rebuilt in 1908 

 and operated again in 1909, and has been operated continuously 

 ever since. 



In 1904 the Union Packing Co. established a cannery on the left 

 bank a little distance above the canneries of the North Alaska Salmon 

 Co., having moved this plant from its original location on Kell Bay, 

 in southeast Alaska. It was operated until 1907, when it was aban- 

 doned. 



About 1905 the Northwestern Packing Co. built a saltery on the east 

 side of the bay. In 1908 it was sold to and operated by Nelson, 

 Olsen & Co., who in 1910 sold it to the Alaska Fishermen's Packing 

 Co., which the following year turned it into a cannery. In 1913 

 Libby, McNeill & Libby bought this and the Nushagak plant, and 

 continued to operate them under the old name. This cannery was 

 destroyed by fire in the spring of 1915. It was rebuilt and operated 

 in 1916. 



NAKNEK RIVER. 



But little is known of the Naknek River for more than 10 or 15 

 miles from its mouth. It is said that the river is about 60 miles 

 long, and has its rise in a lake which is of considerable size. With 

 the exception of a short series of rapids, up which it is possible to 

 haul a boat with a rope from the shore, the river is navigable for 

 small craft. Shoals and banks, many of which uncover at low water, 

 are abundant in the lower courses of the river. 



Red salmon is the principal species entering this river, filthough 

 aU the other species are to be found here in lesser abundance. They 

 appear here a little later than in the Nushagak Bay. Only gill nets 

 are used in fishing. 



The first commercial fishing on the Naknek River was in 1890, when 

 the Arctic Packing Co. built and operated a saltery on the east bank 

 about 4 miles from the mouth. This plant was sold to the Alaska 



