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Boswell Cannery

Three skiffs being towed away from the Boswell Cannery complex visible in the background.

Boswell Cannery buildings and boats, 1928. Image BC_1532_1369_011 courtesy of UBC Special Collections

1926-1936

51°21’25.2″N 127°30’25.1″W

  • Gosse Packing Co. built the Boswell Cannery on the Smith Inlet in 1926
  • Ownership passed to BC Packers Ltd. when it merged with Gosse Packing Co. in 1928
  • Cannning operations ended in 1936
  • Buildings used as a fish camp for Namu and Rivers Inlet Canneries until the mid-1950s