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Skeena Commericial Cannery

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Courtesy Harris Family Fonds and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives

The Skeena Commercial Cannery was located on the waterfront in Port Essington, between the British American Cannery and Cunningham’s Skeena Cannery.

Alternate NamesLocationYear BuiltBest packLast Season
Anglo-Alliance CanneryPort Essington18981917, 30,824 cases1923
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Skeena Commercial Cannery Courtesy Library and Archives Canada
SS Venture passing Skeena Commercial Cannery on the right. Courtesy Harris Fonds and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery Courtesy Library and Archives Canada
Skeena Commercial Cannery general store 1905 Courtesy University of British Columbia Rare Book Collection
Skeena Commercial Cannery on the right and Frizzells wharf on the left TIDE IS IN. Courtesy Harris Fonds and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery TIDE IS OUT Courtesy BC Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery on the right and on the left is Frizzell wharf Courtesy Harris Fonds and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery Courtesy Pam Chambers Collection and Prince Rupert City and Regional Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery with children playing on the beach Courtesy BC Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery with the Queen Hotel Courtesy BC Archives
Skeena Commercial Cannery with Strawberry Islands on the left and Raspeberry Bluff on the right. Courtesy Bulkley Valley Museum

Sources:

Blyth, Gladys Young, Salmon Canneries British Columbia North Coast 1991.

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