68 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
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, and the next year the latter built a 
cannery here, and made the first pack in 1895, and has operated it 
every year since. Ultimately the saltery was merged with the can- 
nery. 
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 Packing Co. 
cannery has been operated to date. 
In 1916 the Red Salmon Canning Co. built and operated a can- 
nery between the plants of the Naknek Packing Co. and the Bristol 
Bay Packing Co. 
UGAGUK RIVER. 
According to the natives this river, which is frequently called the 
Egegak, or Igagik, is about 80 miles long from the mouth to Lake 
Becharof, at the reall The lake itself is about 45 miles long and 15 
miles wide. The river is navigable for small boats to within 10 miles 
of the lake, whence there is a succession of rapids, around which it 
is necessary to portage. The lower part of the river has numerous 
shoals, some of which are exposed at low water. King Salmon River, 
the principal tributary, enters about 73 miles from the mouth. 
The red salmon is the principal species, although all the other 
species are found in much lesser abundance. Gill nets alone are 
used here. 
In 1895 the Alaska Packers Association established a fishing sta- 
tion on the right bank about 5 miles from the mouth and operated 
as a saltery until 1900, when the apparatus was moved to the cannery 
site. 
In 1899 the Alaska Packers Association, under the name of the 
Egegak Packing Co., commenced building a cannery on the left bank 
opposite and a little above the salting station. This plant was finished 
in 1900 and packs were made that year and each succeeding year 
except 1905 and 1906. 
In 1903 the North Alaska Salmon Co. built and operated a can- 
nery on the opposite shore from the Alaska Packers Association, and 
has operated it each year to date. 
