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About 1902 the Bering Sea Packing & Trading Co. (there seems to 

 be some confusion between this name and that of the Peninsidar 

 Packing Co., the hitter being the name the company was known by 

 after the first year or two in the oflicial records), established a saltery 

 on Bear River, which debouches a little east of Port Moller, and 

 operated it until 1906, after which operations were suspended and 

 but little is now left of the plant. 



In 1912 the Pacific American Fisheries erected a cannery on Port 

 Moller, but it was not operated until 1913. This concern has been 

 successful mainly because of its introduction of purse seines in fishing. 



In 1916 the Bering Sea Packing Co. built and operated a cannery 

 on Herendeen Bay, a branch of Port Moller. In 1917 two new can- 

 neries were built and operated here, that is, the Fidalgo Island Pack- 

 ing Co. and the Phoenix Packing Co. In 1918 the Bering Sea Pack- 

 ing Co. was taken over by the Everett Packing Co. In 1919 all three 

 Herendeen Bay canneries, as a result of the exceedingly slight runs 

 of the two previous seasons, combined forces for the season and put 

 up all the fish caught at the plant of the Fidalgo Island Packing Co. 

 This plant was subsequentl}^ dismantled. In 1920 the Everett Packing 

 Co. operated its cannery in the interest of the Herendeen Bay con- 

 solidated canneries and in 1921 both that and the Phoenix Packing Co. 

 cannery were in operation. Since then only the Everett Packing Co. 

 cannery has been operated each year. 



A^elson Lagoon. — Nelson Lagoon is on the Bering Sea side of the 

 Alaska Peninsula, is about 6 miles in length and about 2 miles in 

 width. At its western end debouches the Nelson River, which is 

 about a mile wide at its mouth. About 18 miles from the mouth the 

 river divides, both branches having their rise in lakes. There is an 

 easy portage from the lakes to Pavlof Bay, on the Pacific side of the 

 peninsula, and this route is used frequently by both white men and 

 Indians. The run is mainly of red sahnon, and gill nets and traps are 

 utilized. During the last few 5^ears purse seines have been used hi 

 this region with considerable success. 



In 1902 Charles Johnson, who had operated on the Ugashik River, 

 established a saltery here and operated it under the name of the 

 Lagoon Salmon Co., and made a pack that and the succeeding year. 

 In 1904 and 1905 it was shut down. It was reopened in 1906 and 

 continued to operate until it was sold in 1914. In 1915 the new 

 owners, the Nelson Lagoon Packing Co., built a cannery here which 

 was operated until 1920, when it was shut down. 



Unalaska Island. — In 1916 the Pacific American Fisheries, having 

 obtained a permit from the Department of Commerce, built a can- 

 nery at Unalaska, on Unalaska Island. This cannery is located 

 inside of the Aleutian Islands reserve, and permit was given for its 

 building and operation so that it might be possible for the Indians of 

 Unalaska and Dutch Harbor to obtain work at home and save them 

 the long trip to the Bristol Bay plants. It ceased operations at the 

 end of the 1917 season. Since then only floating canneries have 

 operated here. 



KUSKOKWIM RIVER 



This, one of the great rivers of Alaska, has been but little exploited 

 as yet. Very little accurate data have been obtainable about the 

 river until within recent years, and this relates mainly to the bay 



