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Alert Bay Cannery

Three trucks and several people on the wharf at the Alert Bay Cannery. A sign on the building reads "British Columbia Packers Alert Bay Plant."

Busy scene on the wharf at the Alert Bay Cannery, 1946. Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society Archives G2001.009.001A

1881-1933 and 1940-1941

50°35’11.3″N 126°55’54.1″W

  • In 1881 the Alert Bay Canning Co. added a canning line to their existing salmon saltery
  • Purchased by BC Packers Association in 1902
  • The plant closed in 1933 but re-opened for two seasons in 1940-1941
  • After 1940 the site operated a store and fish camp for the Imperial Cannery in Steveston