SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OF SWIFTSURE BANK 
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Table 26 . — Sockeye pack of Fraser River system, in 4 8-pound cases 
Year 
1873. 
1876. 
1877. 
1878. 
1879. 
1880. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
1895. 
1896. 
1897. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
1902. 
1903. 
1904. 
1905. 
Cases canned 
Ye^r 
Cases canned 
Fraser 
River 1 
Puget 
Sound 2 
Total 
Fraser 
River 1 
Puget 
Sound 2 
Total 
8, 125 
8, 125 
1906. 
185, 440 
182, 241 
367, 681 
9, 847 
9,847 
1907 
65, 061 
96, 974 
162, 035 
64’ 387 
64, 387 
1908 
79,211 
170, 951 
250', 162 
100, 000 
100, 000 
1909 
585, 935 
1, 102, 399 
1, 688, 334 
50; 000 
50, 000 
1910 
151, 595 
248, 041 
399, 636 
25, 000 
25, 000 
1911... 
64, 470 
127, 761 
192, 231 
142, 516 
142, 516 
1912 
124, 967 
184, 680 
309, 647 
175, 000 
175, 000 
1913 
739, 601 
1, 673, 099 
2, 412, 700 
100, 000 
100, 000 
1914. 
201, 498 
335, 230 
' 536, 728 
25 , 000 
25, 000 
1915 
95, 407 
64, 584 
159, 991 
89, 617 
89, 617 
1916... 
35, 070 
84, 637 
119, 707 
36', 000 
36', 000 
1917.. 
154, 415 
411, 538 
565', 953 
125, 0C0 
125, 000 
1918... 
21, 598 
50, 723 
72, 321 
40' 000 
40, 000 
1919 
38, 854 
64; 346 
103, 200 
303, 875 
1920 
49, 184 
62, 654 
111.838 
225', 000 
225, 000 
1921 
41,731 
102, 967 
144, 698 
131, 000 
12, 000 
143, 000 
1922 
54, 829 
48, 566 
103, 395 
59, 000 
15, 000 
74, 000 
1923 
34, 574 
47, 402 
81, 976 
455, 000 
47, 852 
502, 852 
1924 
39, 732 
69, 369 
109, 101 
360, 000 
41, 300 
401, 300 
1925. 
36, 954 
112, 023 
148, 977 
360, 000 
65, 143 
425, 143 
1926.. 
86, 765 
44, 673 
131, 438 
325, 000 
72, 979 
397, 979 
1927 
65, 154 
97, 594 
162, 748 
850, 000 
312, 048 
1, 152, 048 
1928 
30, 128 
61,044 
91, 172 
216, 000 
252, 000 
468, 000 
1929... 
60, 823 
111,898 
172, 721 
486, 409 
512, 500 
998, 909 
1930 
103, 662 
352, 194 
455, 856 
172,617 
229, 800 
402, 417 
1931 
40, 947 
87, 211 
128, 158 
974, 911 
1, 106, 643 
2, 081, 554 
1932. 
69, 792 
81, 188 
150,980 
295, 079 
372, 301 
667, 980 
1933. 
54, 146 
128, 518 
182, 664 
204, 848 
167, 211 
372, 059 
1934... 
139, 276 
349, 602 
488, 878 
73, 175 
123,419 
196, 594 
838, 813 
837, 122 
1, 675, 935 
Grand total 
10, 772, 638 
10, 721, 425 
21, 494, 063 
' Includes packs at Victoria, Quathiaski, and points in the Gulf of Georgia. Quathiaski packs not available for 1931 and 1934. 
2 Includes 4,496 cases packed at Grays Harbor and the Columbia River in 1909 (see Cobb, 1930). 
Some idea of the former abundance of the sockeyes can be gained by noting that 
in 4 years of the former big-year cycle the pack was in excess of 1,675,000 cases, and, 
in 1901 and 1913, it was over 2,000,000 cases. 
METHOD AND LOCALITY OF CAPTURE 
INDIAN FISHING IN THE FRASER 
The Indians fishing in the Fraser River, except commercially, have depended 
largely on dip nets, gaffs, set nets, and spears. Dip nets are used chiefly in the larger 
rivers at points where the salmon have difficulty in ascending, such as Hell’s Gate 
canyon; the canyon of the Fraser just above the mouth of Bridge River; Fish Canyon, 
Hanceville and Indian Bridge on the Chilcotin River, and at Fort George on the 
Nechako River above its confluence with the Fraser River (fig. 25). The fishing at 
both Hell’s Gate and Bridge River canyons is much more successful during seasons of 
low water when the salmon have greater difficulty in passing. Set nets are used but 
slightly, not being practical in swift water. Spears are for use in the smaller tribu- 
taries, especially on the spawning grounds. Gaffs are mentioned in the 1917 report of 
the B. C. Commissioner of Fisheries as being used, along with dip nets, at Bridge 
River canyon. 
At one time the salmon were also taken by barricading the streams. The fishing 
in the streams near Stuart Lake in 1830 is thus described by John McLean (Wallace, 
1932) who says that the natives built weirs of stakes and brush and caught the salmon 
in wicker baskets as they swam through openings in the weirs. 
