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In 1902 Charles Johnson, who had operated on the Ugashik River, 
established a saltery here and operated it under the name of the 
Lagoon Salmon Co., and made a pack that and the succeeding year. 
In 1904 and 1905 it was shut down. It was reopened in 1906 and con- 
tinued to operate until it was sold in 1914. In 1915 the new owners, 
the Nelson Lagoon Packing Co., built a cannery here which was 
oparated until 1920, when it was shut down. 
Unalaska Island.—In 1916 the Pacific American Fisheries, having 
obtained a permit from the Department of Commerce, built a can- 
nery at Unalaska, on Unalaska Island. This cannery is located 
inside of the Aleutian Islands reserve, and permit was given for its 
building and operation so that it might be possible for the Indians of 
Unalaska and Dutch Harbor to obtain work at home and save them 
the long trip to the Bristol Bay plants. It ceased operations at the 
end of the 1917 season. 
KUSKOKWIM RIVER. 
This, one of the great rivers of Alaska, has been but little exploited 
as yet. Very little accurate data have been obtainable about the 
river until within the last couple of years, and this relates mainly to 
the bay and a few miles of the adjacent river, which the United 
States Coast and Geodetic Survey has charted. 
We know that the river has considerable runs of salmon, but 
usually ice conditions have been such in the spring that a cannery 
crew frequently could not get in in time to prepare for the run. In 
1906 a salting outfit was sent here by Seattle dealers, but arrived too 
late for the run of fish. The outfit was cached at Bethel. 
During the last seven years some mild curing of king salmon has 
been carried on here, but the lack of cold storage, both ashore and on 
the vessels operating to and from the river, has prevented any con- 
siderable development of this industry. 
YUKON RIVER. 
The 1918 report of the Alaska agent of the United States Bureau of 
Fisheries * contains the following account of the development of the 
salmon fisheries of the Yukon River: 
The development of the Yukon salmon fisheries began in 1918 with the establish- 
ment of a floating cannery at Andreafski. The season’s operations resulted in a pack 
of 13,463 cases of salmon, divided as follows: Cobos 2,661, chums 6,471, humpbacks 
107, and kings 4,224 cases. In addition to this, 10,400 pounds of cohos and chums were 
drv-salted. The total catch of salmon for the cannery was 115,531, of which 26,144 
were cohos, 73,921 chums, 3,227 humpbacks, and 12,239 kings. Fishing was carried 
on from the mouth of the Yukon to a point above the junction of Clear River, chiefly 
in that part of the Yukon delta known as Kwikluak Pass. The fishing seasons were 
as follows: Kings, June 26 to August 17; chums, June 28 to September 8; humphacks, 
July 7 to July 29; and cohos, August 3 to September 8. Some of the cannerymen and 
others frequently refer to salmon of one kind by the name “Yukons” or ‘‘ Yukon 
salmon.’’ In so doing they mean bright or fresh-run chums. 
An investment of $48,000 was made in the plant. One stern-wheeler, the Martha 
Clow (65 tons net), one gas boat, the Al’hea (17 tons net), and three smaller power boats 
were operated in connection with the cannery. Salmon were taken with 124 gill nets 
ageregating 9,869 fathoms, and 6 wheels of the two-scoop pattern. Employment was 
given to 169 men, 55 being fishermen, 102 shoresmen, and 12 transporters. Of these 
36 were natives, 13 of whom were listed as fishermen. 
a Alaska Fisheries and Fur Industries in 1918. By Ward T. Bower. Appendix VII, Report, U.S. Com- 
missioner of Fisheries, 1918, pp. 29-80. Washington, 1919. 
