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Capt. R. E. Gosse built at Knight Inlet in 1907 at Sargeants 

 Passage, but moved the plant to Glendale Cove in 1910, and at the 

 close of that season sold the cannery to the Anglo-British Columbia 

 Packing Co., who have since operated it. 



The Wallace Fisheries (Ltd.) built a cannery at Quatsino Sound 

 in 1911, but dismantled it in 1914. 



The Goletas Fish Co. built at Shushartis Bay in 1914, and after 

 operating for three seasons sold the plant in 1917 to the Western 

 Packers ^(Ltd.). 



The Gilford Fish Co. built a cannery at Kingcombe Inlet in 1914. 

 After operating it that season they sold to the Preston Packing Co. 



The Jervis Inlet Canning Co., built a cannery at Jervis Inlet in 1912, 

 operating it that and the following season. In the fall of 1913 it 

 was destroyed by fire. In 1917 the C. L. Packing Co. erected a new 

 plant at Green Bay, Jervis Inlet. 



The Nanaimo Canning Co. started at Nanaimo in 1913 and operated 

 until 1916, in which year the plant was acquired by the Nanaimo 

 Camiers & Packers (Ltd.). 



The Quathiaski Canning Co. was built at Blind Cove in 1916; the 

 Gulf Island Fish Co., at Lasqueti Island, in 1916; and the Sidney 

 Canning Co., at Sidney, in 1916. 



The Redonda Island Canning & Cold Storage Co. built a cannery 

 at Redonda Island in 1917, while the Lummi Bay Packing Co., built 

 a cannery at Nitnat in 1917. 



In 1918 the Defiance Packing Co. buUt a cannery at Port Renfrew, 

 while in 1919 the Gosse-Millerd Packing Co. built one at San Mateo. 



In 1924 the Somerville Cannery Co. (Ltd.), installed a cannery on 

 its vessel, the Laurel Whalen, which packed first at Massettj Queen 

 Charlotte Island, and later moved to Quatsino, Vancouver Island. 

 In 1925 an order in council was promulgated prohibiting any addi- 

 tional floating canneries being put into use and limiting the opera- 

 tions of the above-named plant to one location. 



From the inception of the salmon fisheries in northern British 

 Columbia streams salmon fishing was limited to boats operated by 

 oars or sail. In 1924, however, this limitation was removed and 

 operators were permitted to use power boats. 



SALMON FISHING IN THE HEADWATERS 



Considerable salmon fishing is carried on in the headwaters of cer- 

 tain of the larger rivers of the coast, of which no account appears in 

 the data of the commercial fisheries. This is due to the fact that the 

 fishing is usually of a desultory character, the fisheries are few in num- 

 ber and scattered widely, and while the catch in the aggregate is con- 

 siderable it does not amount to much in any one spot. 



The Columbia River is a typical example of such a stream. Com- 

 mercial fishing is usually considered as ending at Celilo, about 150 

 miles from the mouth. Xs a matter of fact, salmon fishing for market 

 or for home use is carried on to a considerable extent along the main 

 river and also on the Snake and the Yakima, tributaries of the 

 Columbia. In nearly all cases hook and line and spears are used 

 alone, but on the Snake River, near Lewiston, in Idaho, are several 

 rather important haul-seine fisheries. Fishing is carried on at these 

 places in the spring for steelhead trout and in the fall for chinook and 



