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In 1900 the Western Fisheries Co., of Portland, built a cannery at 

 the head of Dundas Bay, and made a pack the same year. In 1901 

 it became a part of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. It was 

 closed in 1904. At the assignee's sale of the company's properties in 

 1 905 this plant was purchased by the Northwestern Fisheries Co. and 

 operated in 1905 and most years since. 



In 1900 the Fidalgo Island Packing Co. built a cannery on the 

 southern side of Ketchikan Creek. A pack was made the same year. 

 The plant was closed in 1903, only a little salting being done that year, 

 was reopened in 1904, was closed again in 1905, and was reopened in 

 1906, since when it has been operated each season to date, except in 

 1909. 



In 1900 the Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Co. operated a floating 

 saltery while prospecting for a cannery location. In 1901 the com- 

 pany built a cannery at Tonka, about midway of Wrangell Narrows, 

 on the western side, and made a pack in that and subsequent years 

 until 1906. In that year the company purchased the Petersburg 

 cannery and thenceforth operated from there. The Tonka plant was 

 dismantled a few years later. 



In 1900 the Royer-Waraock Packing Co., of San Francisco, built 

 a small cannery on Beecher Pass, which connects Duncan Canal with 

 Wrangell Narrows, using the old Buck saltery for the cannery proper. 

 It operated only the one season. It was a hand-pack plant. 



The Taku Fishing Co. in 1900 built a cannery on the southern side 

 of the entrance to Port Snettisham, and made a pack in that year. In 

 1901 it became a part of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. The 

 plant was closed in 1902 and not reopened again. 



In 1900 the Taku Packing Co., organized in Astoria, Oreg., built a 

 cannery on the western shore of Taku Inlet and made a pack the 

 same year. In 1901 it became a part of the Pacific Packing & 

 Navigation Co. It was closed in 1904 and not reopened again. 

 In 1905 it became the property of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. 



In 1900 the Chilkoot Packing Co., organized at Aberdeen, Wash., 

 built a cannery at the head of Chilkoot Inlet, and operated the same 

 year. In 1901 it became a part of the Pacific Packing & Navigation 

 Co. It was closed in 1904 and not reopened again. 



The Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. (an account of whose incep- 

 tion, operation, and failure appears under Puget Sound) was organ- 

 ized in 1901 and acquired the following canneries in Alaska: Can- 

 neries of Pacific Steam W^haling Co. at Nushagak, Bristol Bay; Chig- 

 nik, Alaska Peninsula; Uyak, Kodiak Island; Kenai, Cook Inlet; 

 Orca, Prince William Sound; Hunter Bay, southeast Alaska. Also 

 the Hume Bros. & Hume canneries at Chignik and Uyak; the Thlinket 

 Packing Co. with canneries at Gerard Point and Santa Anna; the 

 Western Fisheries Co. cannery at Dundas Baj^, Icy Straits; Chilkoot 

 Packing Co. cannery at Chilkoot Inlet; the Taku Packing Co. can- 

 nery at Taku Inlet; the Taku Fishing Co. cannery at Port Snet- 

 tisham; the Boston Fishing & Trading Co. cannery at Yes Bay; the 

 Chatham Straits Packing Co. cannery on Sitkoh Bay; the Icy Straits 

 Packing Co. cannery at Petersburg, Wrangell Narrows; and the 

 Quadra Packing Co. cannery at Mink Arm, Boca de Quadra. 



The company met with financial disaster in 1904, and at the 

 resulting sale most of its properties were bought by the North- 

 western Fisheries Co., a corporation formed for the purpose. Of the 



