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several years, until the Thin Point Packing Company was organized by Messrs. Louis 
Sloss & Co., of San Francisco, and the cannery was built in 1889. It was operated in 
1889, 1890, and 1891, and was closed after that date. In 1890 the cannery ship Oneida, 
en route for Thin Point, was lost on the Sannaks in April; there were 77 Chinese on 
board and nearly all perished. A small pack of 2,401 cases was made that year. In 
1892 it entered the pool of tlie Alaska Packing Association, and in 1893 became a 
member of the Alaska Packers’ Association. In 1894 the cannery was moved to the 
Naknek Eiver, Bering Sea, and utilized in the construction of the cannery of the 
Arctic Packing Company. 
The Alaska Packers’ Association operated a saltery at Thin Point in 1894, 1895, 
and 189C, but the place is now abandoned. 
The cannery of the Central Alaska Company moved to Thin Point in 1890 from 
Little Kayak Island, and has already been referred to. 
The main stream lished by these canneries is near at hand, on the eastern side of 
the point. There are two lakes near the sea, said to be well adapted for hatchery 
purposes. The stream is very uncertain; some years a large pack can be made from 
it, and then for a number of years the run is small. A j)erson who had operated one 
of the canneries stated that the stream would yield at least 50,000 large redfish, and 
usually a larger number. As the place had been abandoned, it was not visited. 
