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Ferguson Bay Cannery

Large vessel moored in front of the cannery buildings at Ferguson Bay

Converted lumber schooner Laurel Whalen was used as a floating cannery. The image shows it moored at the Ferguson Bay Cannery, 1928. Image D-09060 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives

1922-1929

53°40’20.6″N 132°16’54.9″W

  • Built in 1922 by Somerville Cannery Co. on Haida Gwaii
  • Acquired by BC Packers Ltd. in 1928 and closed the following year
  • Site was taken over by Wallace Fisheries in 1934 and abandoned