72 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
Joseph Spratt started a floating cannery, known as “‘Spratt’s Ark,” 
_ in 1883; he retired at the end of two years. E. A. Wadhams also 
began operations in 18883. In 1887 the Holly cannery was built on 
Lulu Island opposite Deas Island. The high water of June, 1894, 
partly destroyed it and the site was abandoned. 
No more additional plants were built until Hobson & Co. started in 
1889. The Canoe Pass Canning Co. also started the same year, as 
did J. H. Todd & Sons with their Beaver cannery. 
The Anglo British Columbia Packmg Co. was formed in 1891, tak- 
ing over the canneries formerly operated by the British Columbia 
Packing Co, (old Annieville plant), E. A. Wadhams, British-American 
Packing Co., Canoe Pass Canning Co., Duncan & Batchelor (Britannia 
cannery), and English & Co. (Phoenix cannery). 
In 1892 the Terra Nova Canning Co. began operations, and the 
next year the Lulu Island Canning Co., Steveston Canning Co., 
Pacific Coast Packing Co., Canadian Pacific Packing Co., Short & 
Squair, and Butimar & Dawson (at Steveston), all commenced oper- 
ations. 
In 1894 the Gulf of Georgia Canning Co., Dinsmore Island Canning 
Co., Sea Island Packing Co., and the Fishermen’s Packing Co. all 
built and began to operate canneries. 
The Alliance Canning Co., Atlas Canning Co., Boutiliar & Co., and 
the Star Canning Co. commenced operations in 1895. 
There was considerable development in 1896, when the Anglo- 
American Canning Co., Fraser River Industrial Co., Hume & Co., 
Provincial Canning Co., Westham Island Packing Co., Westminster 
Packing Co., and the Vancouver Packing Co. all started canning. 
In 1897 the Premier Canning Co., Sinclair Canning Co., Western 
Fisheries, Cleve Canning Co., Welsh Bros., Currie, McWilliams & 
Fowler, Butimar & Dawson (at Canoe Pass), Colonial Canning Co., 
and the Fraser Canning Co. all began operating. . 
The English Bay cannery was added to the list in 1898, but the 
Sinclair Canning Co. and Western Fisheries plants were both de- 
stroyed by fire at New Westminster and not rebuilt. The plant of 
the Steveston Canning Co. was absorbed that year by the Federation 
Brand Salmon Canning Co. and the cannery renamed the ‘‘Light- 
house”’ cannery, 
In 1899 the Greenwood Canning Co., Scottish Canadian Canning Co., 
St. Mungo Canning Co., Wurzburg & Co., and Acme Canning Co. all 
began active operations, while in 1900 the Great Northern Canning 
Co. was the only addition to the list. In 1900 the United Canneries 
(Ltd.) was formed to take over the Gulf of Georgia, English Bay, and 
Scottish Canadian plants, and the Canadian Canning Co. this year 
also absorbed the Star, Fraser, and Vancouver canneries. In 1901 
the National Packing Co. built at Eagle Harbour. 
