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Scottish Canadian Cannery | Graham

Fishing nets spread out over the docks at Scottish Canadian

Net racks and Columbia River style skiffs docked in front of Scottish Canadian Cannery. Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society Archives G2005.046.017

1899-1912

49°07’37.8″N 123°11’46.1″W

  • Built in 1899 on tidal flats near Steveston by the Malcolm & Windsor United Canning Co.
  • Entire cannery complex was built on pilings
  • Closed in 1912
  • Japanese fishermen and their families continued to live in the cannery housing until people of Japanese descent were removed from the B.C. coast during WWII