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Oceanic Cannery

Groupe d'hommes sur un quai; sept assis et quatre debout.

Employés de la conserverie Oceanic assis sur un quai. La conseverie Oceanic était située sur l’île Smith. Image IHP2644-259, gracieuseté des Archives de New Westminster

1903-1934

54°09’04.9″N 130°17’02.8″W

  • Built in 1903 on the south side of Smith Island in the Skeena River region by the BC Canning Co.
  • Replaced the Aberdeen Cannery that had burned down the previous year
  • Had two canning lines by 1923
  • Destroyed by fire in 1934
  • Property sold to the Canadian Fishing Co. in 1935 and operated as a fish camp until 1950