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plant. Eventually the plant was dismantled without operating 

 again as a cannery. 



In 1901 the Alaska Packers Association built and put into opera- 

 tion another cannery about 15 miles up the river from the other one. 

 In 1906 this plant was shut down and eventually it was dismantled. 



In 1901 the Bed Salmon Canning Co. also built and operated a 

 cannery stiU farther up the river and has operated it contmuously 

 to date. 



ALASKA PENINSULA, BERING SEA SIDE. 



Of recent vears canneries have been located on the Bering Sea 

 side of the Alaska Peninsula, outside of Bristol Bay proper, but it is 

 probable that their numbers will not be largo in the future, as the 

 fisheries tributary to them are not very extensive, and are also very 

 much scattered, making transportation expensive. 



Port Heiden. — This important indentation on the Bering Sea side 

 of the Alaska Peninsula, a])0ut midway between the Ugasliik River 

 aiid Port MoUer, has never figured to any considerable extent in fish- 

 ing operations. In 1912 and 1913 Gorman & Co. had the schooner 

 Ilarnet G. located here throughout the season, engaged in salting 

 salmon. The Illnik Packing Co. operated a saltery here in 1918. 



Port Mailer. — This great indentation in the Alaska Peninsula, be- 

 tween Port Heiden and Nelson Lagoon, was neglected for many years 

 for the more profitable Bristol Bay region. 



About 1902 the Bering Sea Packing & Trading Co. (there seems to 

 be some confusion between this name and that of the Peninsular 

 Packing Co., the latter being the name the company was known by 

 after the first year or two in the ofiicial records), established a saltery 

 on Bear River, which debouches a little east of Port Moller, and 

 operated it until 1906, after which operations were suspended and 

 but littl(^ is now left of the plant. 



In 1912 the Pacific American Fisheries erected a cannery on Port 

 Moller, but it was not operated until 1913. This concern has been 

 successful maiidy because of its introduction of purse seines hi fishing. 



In 1916 the Bering Sea Packing Co. built and operated a cannery 

 on Herendeen Bay, a branch of Port Moller. In 1917 two new can- 

 neries were built and operated here, that is, the Fidalgo Island Pack- 

 ing Co. and the Phoenix Packing Co. In 1918 the Bering Sea Pack- 

 uig Co. was taken over by the Everett Packing Co. In 1919 all three 

 Herendeen Bay canneries, as a result of the exceedingly slight runs 

 of the two previous seasons, combhied forces for the season and put 

 up all the fish caught at the plant of the Fidalgo Island Packing Co. 



Nehon Lagoon. — Nelson Lagoon is on the Bering Sea side of the 

 Alaska Penuisula, is about 6 miles in length and about 2 miles in 

 width. At its western end debouches the Nelson River, which is 

 about a mile wide at its mouth. About 18 miles from the mouth the 

 river divides, both branches having their rise in lakes. There is an 

 easy portage from the lakes to Pavlof Bay, on the Pacific side of the 

 peninsula, and this route is used frequently by both white men and 

 Indians. The run is mainly of red salmon, and gill nets and traps are 

 utilized. During the last few years purse seines have been used in 

 thi.s region with coi;sideraijle success. 

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