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plant. Eventually the plant was dismantled without operating 
again as a cannery. 
In 1901 the Alaska Packers Association built and put into opera- 
tion another cannery about 15 miles up the river from the other one. 
In 1906 this plant was shut down and eventually it was dismantled. 
In 1901 the Red Salmon Canning Co. also built and operated a 
cannery still farther up the river and has operated it continuously 
to date. 
ALASKA PENINSULA, BERING SEA SIDE. 
Of recent years canneries have been located on the Bering Sea 
side of the Alaska Peninsula, outside of Bristol Bay proper, but it is 
robable that their numbers will not be large in the future, as the 
sheries 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 sind 1913 Gorman & Co. had the schooner 
Harrvet G. located here throughout the season, engaged in salting 
salmon. The Illnik Packing Co. operated a saltery here in 1918. 
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, which debouches a little east 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. 
In 1916 the Bering Sea Packing Co. built and operated a cannery 
on Herendeen Bay, a branch of Port Moller. In 1917 two new can- 
neries were built and operated here, that is, the Fidalgo Island Pack- 
ing Co. and the Phoenix Packing Co. In 1918 the Bering Sea Pack- 
ing Co. was taken over by the Everett Packing Co. In 1919 all three 
Herendeen Bay canneries, as a result of the exceedingly slight runs 
of the two previous seasons, combined forces for the season and put 
up all the fish caught at the plant of the Fidalgo Island Packing Co. 
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 
eninsula, and this route is used frequently by both white men and 
ndians. The run is mainly of red salmon, and gill nets and traps are 
utilized. During the last few years purse seines have been used in 
this region with considerable success. 
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