60 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. | 
The same spring the Pacific Steam Whaling Co., built a cannery 
one-fourth of a mile south of the Hume cannery, and made a pack 
that year and in 1897. In 1901 this plant, also that of Hume Bros. 
& Hume, became part of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. The 
failure of this company in 1904 threw its properties onto the market 
and most of them, including the two Chignik canneries, were pur- 
chased by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., which in 1905 shut down 
the Hume Bros. & Hume plant for good and has operated the other 
plant ever since. 
In 1910 the Columbia River Packers Association built and operated 
a cannery on Anchorage Bay, and has operated it every year since. 
ALASKA PENINSULA. 
Of recent years canneries have been located on the Bering Sea 
side of the Alaska Peninsula, outside of Bristol Bay proper, but it is 
probable that their numbers will not be large in the future as the 
fisheries tributary to them are not very extensive, and are also very 
much scattered, making transportation expensive. 
Port Heiden.—This important indentation on the Bering Sea side 
of the Alaska Peninsula, about midway between the Ugashik River 
and Port Moller, has never figured to any considerable extent in fish- 
ing operations. In 1912 and 1913 Gorman & Co. had the schooner 
Harriet G. located here throughout the season, engaged in salting 
salmon. 
Port Moller.—This great indentation in the Alaska Peninsula, be- 
tween Port Heiden and Nelson Lagoon, was neglected for many years 
for the more profitable Bristol Bay region. 
About 1902 the Bering Sea Packing & Trading Co. (there seems to 
be some confusion between this name and that of the Peninsular 
Packing Co., the latter being the name the company was known by 
after the first year or two in the official records), established a saltery 
on Bear River, a tributary 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 
operations. 
Nelson 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. 
