PACIFIC SAI.MON FISHERIES. 69 
In 1872 Holbrook & Co. purchased a small cannery which had been 
started at Sapperton by Capt. Stamp some time before, and operated 
it for a few years. 
In 1876 there were three canneries running, consisting of Holbrook 
& Co., Ewen & Co., and the British Columbia Canning Co. (Deas 
Island). 
The following year this was increased by English & Co. and Fin- 
layson & Lane, the latter quitting after one season, being succeeded 
in 1878 by Lane, Pike & Nelson. King & Co., the British Columbia 
cannery (Annieville), and the Delta cannery also commenced opera- 
tions the latter year. 
In 1879 Holbrook & Co., and Lane, Pike & Nelson dropped out, 
and Haigh & Sons (succeeded in 1884 by the Bon Accord pabane 
Co.) commenced operations. 
King & Co. were burned out in 1880, and Adair & Co., afterwards 
known as the Wellington Packing Co., commenced. A year later 
Laidlaw & Co. commenced operations. 
In 1882 the British Union Packing Co., afterwards known as _ the 
Harlock Packing Co., commenced packing salmon. The British- 
American cannery and J. H. Todd & Sons (Richmond cannery) also 
began operations. 
Joseph Spratt started a floating cannery, known as “Spratt’s Ark,” 
in 1883; he retired at the end of two years. KE. A. Wadhams also 
began operations in 1883. In 1887 the Holly cannery was built on 
Lulu Island opposite Deas Island. The high water of June, 1894, 
partially 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 Packing Co. was formed in 1891, tak- 
ing over the canneries formerly operated by the British Columbia 
Packing Co. (old Annieville plant), EK. A. Wadhams, British-American 
Packing Co., Canoe Pass Canning Co., Dun‘an & 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- 
ation. 
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- 
