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stroyed by fire at New Westminster and not rebuilt. The plant of 

 the Steveston Canning Co. was absorbed that year ])y the Federation 

 Brand Salmon Canning Co. and the cannery renan\ed the " Light- 

 house" cannery. 



In 1899 the Greenwood Canning Co., Scottish Canadian Canning Co., 

 St. Mungo Canning Co., Wurzburg & Co., and Acme Canning Co. all 

 began active operations, while in 1900 the Great Northern Canning 

 Co. was the only addition to the list. Tn 1900 the United Canneries 

 (Ltd.) was formed to take over the Gulf of Georgia, English Bay, and 

 Scottish Canadian plants, and the Canadian Canning Co. this year 

 also absorbed the Star, Fraser, and Vancouver canneries. In 1901 

 the National Packing Co. built at Ea^le Harbor. 



Like the other canning sections, British Columbia suffered in 1901 

 from an oversupply of canned salmon, due to the large number of 

 plants which had been erected and which were producing niore 

 salruon than market could be found for. At this juncture the British 

 Columbia Packers Association was formed. It embraced 29 out of 

 the 48 plants on the Fraser River and 12 of those situated in Northern 

 British Columbia waters, including the following plants: Ewen & Co., 

 Delta, Ilarlock, Wellington, Lulu Island, Terra Nova, Pacific Coast, 

 Canadian Pacific, Short & Squair (Imperial cannery), Brunswick can- 

 neries at Steveston and Canoe Pass, Dinsmore Island, Sea Island, 

 Fisherman's Packing Co., Reliance cannery. Atlas cannery, Boutiliar 

 &. Co., Hume & Co., Anglo-American, Provincial, Westham Island, 

 Westminster Packing Co., Premier, Cleve, Welsh Bros., Currie, Mc Wil- 

 liams & Fowler, Colonial, Greenwood, Wurzburg & Co., and the Acme 

 Canning Co. In 1914 the corporation style was changed to the 

 British Columbia Fishino; &, Packing Co. (Ltd.). 



In 1902 the Fraser River Industrial cannery was sold to C. S. 

 Windsor; in 1905 this plant was sold by Mr. Windsor to Peter 

 Birrell. 



In 1905 the Burrard Canning Co., Steveston Canning Co., Butimar 

 & Dawson, Unique cannery, and the Vancouver Fish & Canning Co. 

 were all built and operated. The latter was burned in the middle of 

 the season. The same year the Great Northern cannery was pur- 

 chased by McPherson & Wilkinson. 



In 1906 the Great West Packing Co. cannery was built at Steves- 

 ton; the Nye Canning Co. operated for part of the season on False 

 Creek in Vancouver, and the Capital City Canning Co. built a plant 

 at Victoria. The same year the Lighthouse cannery was leased for 

 the season by the Royal Packing Co.; while in the following year the 

 Unique cannery was Hismantled. 



In 1909 the Gulf of Georgia cannery was sold to M. Desbrisay & 

 Co.; Peter Birrell sold the Industrial cannery to the Glen Rosa 

 Canning Co., who have since operated it; the Lighthouse cannery was 

 leased for the season by Kildala Packing Co.; the Gosse-Millerd 

 Packing Co. purchased the Steveston Canning Co.'s plant; while the 

 following year the Lighthouse cannery was leased for the season by 

 Lee Coy. 



In 1912 the Lighthouse cannery was sold to C. S. Windsor and asso- 

 ciates. The Scottish-Canadian cannery was also sold to C. S. Windsor 

 and associates, by whom it was operated under the name of the 

 Scottish-Canadian Canning Co. until 1914. 



