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This cannery eventually became a member of the Alaska Packers 

 Association, and has not been operated for some years. 



The second cannery to be built was by an Astoria company, the 

 Alaska Packing Co., and it was erected on the western side near the 

 head of the bay and about Iji miles below the junction of the Wood 

 and Nushagak Rivers. It has been operated every year to date, 

 being since 1893 a member of the Alaska Packers Association. It is 

 popularly known as the "Scandinavian" cannery. 



In 1886 the Bristol Bay Canning Co. was organized by San Fran- 

 cisco parties, and built a cannery on the western shore of Nushagak 

 Bay in a bend about 2 miles below the cannery of the Alaska Packing 

 Co., at a place called Dillingham. It became a member of the Alaska 

 Packers Association in 1893 and was operated each year until 1907. 

 A couple of years later it was dismantled. This plant was popu- 

 larly known as the "Bradford" cannery. 



The Nushagak Canning Co. built a cannery on the eastern, shore 

 of Nushagak Bay in 1888, at a place known as Clark Point, 5K miles 

 below Fort Alexander. This cannery also became a member of the 

 Alaska Packers Association in 1893, but from 1891 to 1901 was not 

 operated, but held in reserve. In the last-named year a large double 

 cannery was built here and put into operation and has been operated 

 nearly every year since. 



This company also built and operated a saltery on the Igushik 

 River in 1886. Three years later it was moved to the mouth of the 

 Nushagak. In 1893 C. E. Whitney & Co. purchased an interest in 

 it and by 1899 owned it all. In 1902 the saltery was sold to the 

 Alaska Packers Association, which closed it down. 



In 1899 the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. buUt a cannery and com- 

 menced canning on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay at Fort Alex- 

 ander, or Nushagak village. This cannery was purchased by the 

 Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. in 1901, and upon the sale of its 

 properties in 1904 became a part of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. 

 It has been operated each year since the latter company acquired it. 



The same year the Alaska Fishermen's Packing Co., of Astoria, 

 buUt a cannery immediately below that of the Pacific Steam Whaling 

 Co., and operated it every year to date, control of the company 

 passing to Libby, McNeill & Libby in 1913. 



In 1901 the Columbia River Packers Association, the Alaska- 

 Portland Packers Association, and the Alaska Salmon Co. all built 

 canneries on the Nushagak and have operated them to date, except 

 the last named in 1909, when its supph^ ship was wrecked, and the 

 Alaska Portland Packers Association plant in 1921. The Alaska 

 Fishermen's Packing Co. also built a saltery here. The latter plant 

 was abandoned in 1904. 



In 1903 the North Alaska Salmon Co. operated a new cannery on 

 the Nushagak, a few miles below Clark Point. This was later sold to 

 Libby, McNeill & Libby. 



In 1910, on August 10, shortly after the packing season had ended, 

 the plant of the Alaska-Portland Packers Association was completely 

 destroyed by fire. The plant was rebuilt in time to operate the next 

 season. 



KVICHAK RIVER AND BAY 



The Kvichak River is about 80 miles in length, varies from 100 

 yards to a mile in wHdth, and discharges a vast quantity of water. 



