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Quashela Cannery | Smith Inlet

Salmon can label for the Quashela Packing Co. Text on the label reads: "Fresh Quashela River salmon Smith's Inlet, B.C. Packed by Quashela Packing Co. Agents Welch, Rithet and Co. Victoria B.C."

Can label for Quashela Packing Co. c. 1900, Image I-51549 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives.

1883-1885

51°17’10.4″N 127°21’01.0″W

  • Built in 1883 at Quascilla Creek in Smith Inlet by the Quashela Packing Co.
  • The company had an exclusive drag-seine license for the area
  • Closed after two seasons and the machinery was moved to the Wannock Cannery on Rivers Inlet
  • The company and property acquired by BC Packers Association in 1902, but license awarded to W.M. Hickey and the plant was not reopened
  • BC Packers continued to own the property for several decades; tried for years to obtain the drag-seine licence from Hickey but were never successful