PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 71 



In 1913 the Great Northern cannery was leased for the season to the 

 English Fisheries (Ltd.), while in the following year the Gosse- 

 Millerd Packing Co. bought the Vancouver and Fraser canneries 

 from the receiver of the Canadian Canning Co. The Jervis Inlet 

 Canning Co. acquired the Lighthouse cannery the same year. 



The Scottish-Canadian cannery was acquired in 1915 by the 

 Graham Co., while the Great Northern cannery was sold to the 

 Defiance Packing Co. 



In 1916 a new cannery was built at Liverpool, South Westminster, 

 by the Liverpool Canning Co. 



In 1917 the Gosse-Millerd Packing Co. purchtised the wStar cannery 

 which had been lying idle since 1913; the Booth Fibheries Co. leased 

 the Scottish-Canadian cannery for the season. They held an option 

 to purchase same, but did not exercise it, and the plant has since been 

 closed down. The Cliff-Lownian Packing Co, acquired the Light- 

 house cannery from the Jervis Inlet Canning Co. 



In 1918 the Canadian L'ishing Co. built at Vancouver, and while 

 their plant is not on the Fraser River it is classed in that area, as 

 its pack will be largely secured from Fraser River fish. 



Early in the spring of 1919 lire destroyed the Star, Steveston, and 

 Lighthouse canneries, none of which have been rebuilt. 



Skeena River. — The first cannery to be built on the Skeena River 

 was in 1877, when u man named Neill built one at Inverness. In 

 1878 the Windsor Canning Co., consisting of Henry Saundei-s, W. H. 

 Dempster, and John Wilson, of Victoria, established u cannery at 

 Aberdeen. 



There were no additions until in 1883, when the Balmoral cannery 

 the British-American, and Robert Cunningham canneries were started. 



In 1889 the North Pacific was started and in 1890 the Standard. 

 In 1891 the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co. bought the British- 

 American cannery and the North Pacific Canning Co. cannery. In 

 1892 the Claxton, and in 1895 the Carlisle, canneries were built. In 

 1899 the Claxton cannery was purchased by the Wallace Bros. 

 Packing Co. The Peter Herman (afterwards the Skeena River Com- 

 mercial Co.) and Turnbull canneries were built in 1900. The last 

 named operated only four seasons. 



In 1902 the British Columbia Packers Association acquired the 

 Balmoral, Cunningham, and Standard canneries. 



In 190.3 the Cassiar cannery was built. The next year the Alex- 

 andria Packing Co. was started. It was later acouired by the 

 British Columbia Packers Association, as was also the Douiinion can- 

 nery, which was built in 1906. 



The Carlisle cannery was sold in 1906 to the Kildala Packing Co. 



In 1911 the Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.) purchased the Claxton can- 

 nery from the Wallace Bros. Packing Co., while in 1913 the Canadian 

 Fisn & Cold Storage Co. built a cannery at Tucks Inlet, where their 

 supply of salmon is obtained from the Skeena fishermen. 



In 1916 the Gosse-Millerd Packing Co. built their Sunnyside plant. 

 In 1918 the Northern British ('olumbia Fisheries (Ltd.) purchased 

 the Skeena River Commercial Co.'s plant at Port Essington, and also 

 erected a new cannery at Port Edward. 



Rivers Irdet. — The first cannery to be built and operated on Rivers 

 Inlet was in 1881 by Shotbolt & Draney, afterwards the British 



