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Highfield, at the head of Wrangell Island. It was operated that and 

 the subsequent your. 



In 1901 this company built another cannery at Santa Anna, on the 

 north side of Cleveland Peninsula, and nuide a pack the same year. 



In 1901 both plants became part of the Pacific Packing & Navi- 

 gation Co. In 1902 the Gerard Point plant was closed and was not 

 opened again. In 1903, 1904, and 1905 the Santa Anna plant w^as 

 closed also. Early in 1905 these plants were purchased by the 

 Northwestern Fisheries Co. at the assignee's sale of the old corpora- 

 tion's properties. The Santa Anna plant was operated in 1906 and 

 each year since up to the end of the 1920 season. 



The Chilkat Cannmg Co. put up a plant at Chilkat village, on 

 Chilkat Inlet, in 18S9. It was operated from 1889 to 1893, and 

 then sold to the Alaska Packers Association. It was held in reserve 

 for some years but was finally dismantled. 



In 1890 a cannery was built by the Bartlett Bay Packing Co. on 

 Bartlett Bay, Icy Straits, and operated by Williams, Brown & Co., 

 of San Francisco. A saltery was contructed here prior to that date, 

 and in 1889 a pack of 4,300 cases was made in a crude way. In 

 1891 the ice piled up in Glacier Bay to such an extent that the cannery 

 could do almost nothing. It was not operated after this date. In 

 1893 it became a part of the Alaska Packers Association and was 

 dismantled in 1894. 



In 1896 the Pacific Steam Wlialing Co. built a cannery on the 

 northern side of Hunter Bay, near the southern end of Prince of 

 Wales Island, and made a pack the same year. Miller & Co. had a 

 saltery at this place and it was purchased by the company and re- 

 moved to make room for the cannery. Miller & Co. also had a saltery 

 on Nutqua Inlet, which was built in 1896, and this also was sold to 

 the canning company. In 1901 the cannery became a part of the 

 Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. It was closed in 1904. Upon the 

 dissolution of the company in 1905 this plant was purchased by the 

 Northwestern Fisheries Co., which company, after keeping it closed 

 in 1905 and 1906, has operated it intermittently since. 



The Quadra Packing Co. built a cannery on Mink Arm, in Boca 

 de Quadra, in the spring of 1896 and made its first pack that year. 

 In 1901 the plant was purchased by the Pacific Packing & Naviga- 

 tion Co. It was closed in 1904, 1905, and 1906. Upon the disso- 

 lution of the company in 1905 the plant was purchased by the 

 Northwestern Fisheries Co. It was reopened in 1907 and has been 

 operated intermittently since. 



In 1899 the Icy Straits Packing Co., consisting of stockholders of 

 the Quadra Packing Co., built a cannery and sawmill at a point on 

 the southeastern shore of Wrangell Narrows, about a mile south of the 

 northern entrance to same, and named the town site Petersburg. The 

 cannery was ready and operated in 1900. In 1901 it became a part 

 of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. It was closed in 1903, 1904, 

 and 1905. In 1905 it was purchased at the sale of the company's 

 properties by the Northwestern Fisheries Co. In 1906 the Pacific 

 Coast & Norway Packing Co., which had been operating a cannery 

 at Tonka, on Wrangell Narrows, purchased this plant and transferred 

 its activities to the latter. In 1915 the plant was leased to the 

 Petersburg Packing Co., composed of stockholders of the old company. 



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