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Packers Association in 1893. The next year the hitter built a 

 cannery here, made the first pack in 1895, and has operated the can- 

 nery every year since. Ultimately the saltery was merged Avith the 

 cannery. 



In 1901 the association built another cannery about a mile nearer 

 the mouth, and in 1911 still another was built close to the mouth. 



In 1890 L. A. Pedersen built and operated a small saltery on the 

 right bank about 3 miles from the mouth. In 1894 the Naknek 

 Packing Co. purchased the saltery and erected a cannery a short 

 distance above. This saltery and another built on the shore of 

 Kvichak Bay in 1897 were operated for some years. In 1907 the 

 latter was turned into a cannery and operated by Mr. Pedersen under 

 the name of the Bristol Bay Packing Co. The Naknek Packing Co. 

 camiery has been operated to date. 



In 1916 the Red Salmon Canning Co. built and operated a can- 

 nery on the river about 2 miles above the plant of the Naknek Packing 

 Co. 



In 1918 the Northwestern Fisheries Co. operated a new cannery 

 on the river about 2 miles below the plant of the Nalcnek Packing Co. 



In 1919 the Alaska-Port hmd Packers Association operated a 

 new cannery on the river several miles above the upper cannery of 

 the Alaska JPackers Association. 



UGAGUK RIVER. 



According to the natives this river, which is frequently called the 

 Egegak, or Igagik, is about 80 miles long from the mouth to Lake 

 Becharof, at the head. The lake itself is about 45 miles long and 15 

 miles wide. The river is navigable for small boats to within 10 miles 

 of the lake, whence there is a succession of rapids, around which it 

 is necessary to portage. The lower part of the river has numerous 

 shoals, some of which are exposed at low water. King Salmon River, 

 the principal tributary, enters about 7A miles from the mouth. 



The red salmon is the principal species, although all the other 

 species are found in much lesser abundance. Gill nets alone are 

 used here. 



In 1895 the Alaska Packers Association established a fishing sta- 

 tion on the right "bank about 5 miles frt)m the mouth and operated 

 as a saltery until 1900, when the apparatus was moved to the cannery 

 site. 



In 1899 the Alaska Packers Association, under the name of the 

 Egegak Packing Co., commenced building a cannery on the left bank 

 opposite and a little above the salting station. This plant was finislied 

 in 1900 and packs were made that year and each succeeding year 

 except 1905 and 1906. 



In 1903 the North Alaska Salmon Co. built and operated a can- 

 nery on the opposite shore from the Alaska Packoi's Association, and 

 has (;j)eiated it each year to date, of late years under the name of its 

 new owners, Libby, McNeill & Libby. 



UGASHIK RIVER. 



This river has its rise in a chain of two lakes, but with the excep- 

 tion of that portion belf)W the upper cannery, about 25 miles, it is 

 very little known to the whites. The river is very tortuous in its 



