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Packers Association in 1893. The next year the latter built a 
cannery here, made the first pack in 1895, and has operated the can- 
nery every year since. Ultimately the saltery was merged with the 
cannery. 
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 on the river about 2 miles above the plant of the Naknek Packing 
0. 
In 1918 the Northwestern Fisheries Co. operated a new cannery 
on the river about 2 miles below the plant of the Naknek Packing Co. 
In 1919 the Alaska-Portland Packers Association operated a 
new cannery on the river several miles above the upper cannery of 
the Alaska Packers Association. 
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 head. 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 74 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, of late years under the name of its 
new owners, Libby, McNeill & Libby. 
UGASHIK RIVER. 
This river has its rise in a chain of two lakes, but with the excep- 
tion of that portion below the upper cannery, about 25 miles, it is 
very little known to the whites. The river is very tortuous in its 
