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In 1922 the Carlisle Packing Co.'s floating plant, which was forced 

 to move from the Yukon lliver by the closure of that river, began 

 operations here. In 1924 a shore plant was estabhshed to replace 

 the floater. This plant was sold to the Alaska Packers Association 

 in 1927. 



After Peter M. Nelson sold out his saltery interests in 1910, he 

 crossed to the west side of the bay and established a saltery there. 

 In 1925 this plant was sold to the Nakat Packing Corporation, which 

 replaced it with a cannery and named the location Nakeen. 



NAKNEK RIVER 



But little is known of the Naknek River for more than 10 or 15 

 miles from its mouth. It is said that the river is about 60 miles 

 long and has its rise in a lake which is of considerable size. With 

 the exception of a short series of rapids, up which it is possible to 

 haul a boat with a rope from the shore, the river is navigable for 

 small craft. Shoals and banks, many of which uncover at low water, 

 are abundant in the lower courses of the river. 



Red salmon is the principal species entering this river, although 

 all the other species are to be found here in lesser abundance. They 

 appear here a little later than in the Nushagak Bay. Only gill nets 

 are used in fishing. 



The first commercial fishing on the Naknek River was in 1890, when 

 the Arctic Packing Co. built and operated a saltery on the east bank 

 about 4 miles from the mouth. This plant was sold to the Alaska 

 Packers Association in 1893. The next year the latter biult a can- 

 nery here, made the first pack in 1895, and has operated the cannery 

 every year since. Ultimately the saltery was merged with the 

 cannery. 



In 1901 the association built another cannery about a mile nearer 

 the mouth, and in 1911 still another was built close to the mouth. 



In 1890 L. A. Pedersen built and operated a small saltery on the 

 right bank about 3 miles from the mouth. In 1894 the Naknek 

 Packing Co. purchased the saltery and erected a cannery a short 

 distance above. This saltery and another built on the shore of 

 Kvichak Bay in 1897 were operated for some years. In 1907 the 

 latter was turned into a cannery and operated by Mr. Pedersen under 

 the name of the Bristol Bay Packing Co. The Naknek Pacldng Co. 

 cannery has been operated to date, the operations being taken over 

 by the Red Salmon Canning Co. in 1928. 



In 1916 the Red Salmon Canning Co. built and operated a cannery 

 on the river about 2 miles above the plant of the Naknek Packing Co.- 



In 1918 the Northwestern Fisheries Co. operated a new cannery 

 on the river about 2 miles below the plant of the Naknek Packing Co. 



In 1919 the Alaska-Portland Packers Association operated a new 

 cannery on the river several miles above the upper cannery of the 

 Alaska Packers Association. In 1929 this plant and the one operated 

 by the same company on the Nushagak River were sold to the Pacific 

 American Fisheries. 



EGEGIK RIVER 



According to the natives, this river, which is sometimes called the 

 Egegak, Igagik, or Ugaguk, is about 80 miles long from the mouth to 

 Lake Becharof , at the head. The lake itself is about 45 miles long and 



