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Porcher Island Cannery | Humpback Bay

Curved roof buildings at Porcher Island Cannery.

View of boats at the Humpback Bay Cannery dock at Porcher Island BC, 1929, Image BC_1532_1325_001 courtesy of UBC Special Collections

1928-1932

54°01’08.3″N 130°17’14.5″W

  • Established in 1928 at Porcher Island by Lewis Hogan for the Chatham Sound Packing Co.
  • Unique curved roof allowed more space on the top floor of the plant
  • Purchased by the Canadian Fishing Co. in 1932 and used as a gillnet station for the northern area until 1968