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The last few years have witnessed considerable consolidation of 

 plants, mainly through purchase of individually operated plants by 

 companies with large capital. One of the most notable examples is 

 that of the Canadian Fishing Co. (Ltd.) of Vancouver. By purchase 

 of existing plants and the construction of now ones this company now 

 (1928) owns and operates in the various sections of the Province, 17 

 salmon canneries, 3 salteries, 4 mild-cure stations, 6 cold-storage 

 plants, and 3 reduction plants. 



Skeena River. — The first cannery to be built on the Skeena River 

 was in 1877, when a man named Neill built one at Inverness. In 

 1878 the Windsor Canning Co., consisting of Henry Saunders, W. H. 

 Dempster, and John Wilson, of Victoria, established a cannery at 

 Aberdeen. 



There were no additions until in 1883, when the Balmoral cannery, 

 the British-American, and Robert Cunningham canneries were 

 started. 



In 1889 the North Pacific was started and in 1890 the Standard. 

 In 1891 the Anglo-British Columbia Packing Co. bought the British- 

 American cannery and the North Pacific Canning Co. cannery. In 

 1892 the Claxton, and in 1895 the Carlisle, canneries were built. In 

 1899 the Claxton cannery was purchased by the Wallace Bros. 

 Packing Co. The Peter Herman (afterwards the Skeena River Com- 

 mercial Co.) and Turnbull canneries were built in 1900. The last 

 named operated only four seasons. 



In 1902 the British Columbia Packers Association acquired the 

 Balmoral, Cunningham, and Standard canneries. 



In 1903 the Cassiar cannery was built. The next year the Alex- 

 andria Packing Co. was started. It was later acquired by the 

 British Columbia Packers Association, as was also the Dominion can- 

 nery, which was built in 1906. 



In 1911 the Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.) purchased the Claxton can- 

 nery from the Wallace Bros. Packing Co., while in 1913 the Canadian 

 Fish & Cold Storage Co. built a cannery at Tucks Inlet, where their 

 supply of salmon is obtained from the Skeena fishermen. 



In 191.6 the Gosse-Millerd Packing Co. built their Sunnyside plant. 

 In 1918 the Northern British Columbia Fisheries (Ltd.) purchased 

 the Skeena River Commercial Co.'s plant at Port Essington and also 

 erected a new cannery at Port Edward. In 1919 the Maritime Fish- 

 eries (Ltd.) built and operated a new plant at Haysport. From this 

 time on, the number of canneries operated fluctuated considerably. 



Eivers Inlet. — The first cannery to be built and operated on Rivers 

 Inlet was in 1881 by Shotbolt & Draney, afterwards the British 

 Columbia Canning Co. The Wannuck cannery was built in 1884, 

 the Good Hope in 1895, the Brunswick in 1896, the Wadhams and 

 the Vancouver in 1897. 



There were no changes until 1902, when the British Columbia 

 Packers Association acquired the Wadhams, Brunswick, Wannuck, 

 and Vancouver, the two latter being dismantled and the two former 

 enlarged correspondingly. 



In 1906 the Beaver cannery was built by J. H. Todd & Sons, the 

 Kildalla cannery by the Kildalla Packing Co., and the Strathcona 

 cannery by Bain & Wilson, the latter afterwards being acquired by 

 the Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.). 



