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Lagoon Bay Cannery | Cumshewa

Lagoon Bay Cannery dock with mountains in the background.

A fleet of fishing boats as well as a large packer boat moored at the dock at Lagoon Bay Cannery. Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society Archives G2006.003.001

1918-1941

52°52’39.1″N 131°59’56.0″W

  • Built in 1918 by Western Salmon Packers Ltd. at Selwell Inlet in Haida Gwaii
  • Purchased in 1923 by the Canadian Fishing Co.
  • Closed during industry low years between 1931-1933
  • According to Stan Milne, a manager at the plant, “the dog salmon used to come into the Lagoon Bay cannery so fresh that…they’d bounce out of the can”
  • Closed permanently after the 1941 season, production moved to either Butedale or Carlisle