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Columbia Canning Co. The Wannuck cannery was built in 1884, 

 the Good Hope in 1895, the Brunswick in 1896, the Wadhams and 

 the Vancouver in 1897. 



There were no changes until 1902, when the British Columbia 

 Packers Association acquired the Wadhams, Brunswick, Wannuck, 

 and Vancouver, the two latter being dismantled and the two former 

 enlarged correspondingly. 



In 1906 the Beaver cannery was built by J. H. Todd & Sons, the 

 Kildalla cannery by the Kildalla Packing Co., and the Strathcona 

 cannery by Bain & Wilson, the latter afterwards being acquired by 

 the Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.). 



In 1911 the Strathcona Packing Co.'s plant was purchased by 

 Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.). In 1917 the Provincial Canning Co. built 

 a plant, and in 1918 the McTavish Canning Co. also built one. 



Nass River. — The first cannery to be built on the Nass River was 

 by Henry Croasdale in 1881, and it operated for four years. The 

 Douglas Packing Co. built a cannery here in 1882 and operated it for 

 two years. Both were then shut down owing to the fact that the 

 locations were too far up the river for steamers to move the packs. 

 In 1888 the plants were dismantled and removed to Nass Harbor and 

 Mill Ba}^ respectively. In 1889 the Cascade Packing Co. commenced 

 operations, but the plant was dismantled in 1893. 



In 190.3 the Pacific Northern cannery was built near the mouth of 

 0])servatory Inlet, and in 1905 it was purchased by John Wallace, 

 who moved it to Arrandale. In the latter year the Port Nelson 

 Canning & Salting Co. started. In 1908 the Mill Bay cannery was 

 purchased by the Kincolith Packing Co. In 1911 the Arrandale and 

 Port Nelson canneries were bought by -the Anglo British Columbia 

 Packing Co., and in the following year the Nass Harbor cannery was 

 bought hj the British Columbia Packers Association. 



The Wales Island cannery, which became Canadian property under 

 the Alaska boundary award, was in 1911 purchased by M. Desbrisay 

 & Co., by whom it has since been continuously operated. 



In 1916 the Kincolith Packing Co.'s Mill Bay plant was purchased 

 by the Kincolith Fisheries (Ltd.), while in 1918 the Northern British 

 Columbia Fisheries (Ltd.) purchased the Mill Bay cannery from the 

 Kincolith Fisheries (Ltd.) and built a new plant at Kumeon. The 

 Western Salmon Packing Co. also built a new plant at Summerville 

 the same year. 



Queen Charlotte Islands. — In 1912 the British Columbia Fisheries 

 (Ltd.), a concern promoted by Sir George Doughty, M. P., of Grimsby, 

 England, l)uilt a cannery at Aliford Bay, Skidegate Inlet, and operated 

 same for two seasons. The British Columbia Fisheries (Ltd.) then 

 went into insolvency, and the plant remained idle until 1916, when 

 it operated under lease to the Western Salmon Packing Co. In 1917 

 the cannery was purchased by the Maritime Fisheries (Ltd.), the 

 present owners. 



The Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.), built at Naden Harbor in 1912, 

 and operated that and the following seasons. The cannery was not 

 in commission during 1914 or 1915, but ran in the years 1916 to 1918, 

 inclusive. It was found that Masset Inlet would be a more suitable 

 location, and in 1919 the plant removed from Naden Harbor to a 

 new site on the shores of the Inlet. 



