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Bones Bay Cannery

Bones Bay cannery buildings and docks viewed from the water.

The Bones Bay Cannery. Gulf of Georgia Cannery Collection courtesy of the Canadian Fishing Company CFC 3-2-1

1928-1951

50°35’07.8″N 126°21’18.6″W

  • Jack “Johnny Bones” Dorman established the cannery on West Cracroft Island in Johnstone Strait for the Canadian Fishing Co. in 1928
  • Canning equipment was brought in from the recently dismantled Shushartie Cannery
  • Dorman was the manager at the Bones Bay until its closure in 1951
  • Many Indigenous people from Alert Bay were employed by the cannery
  • Site was later used as a camp for Canadian Fishing Co.’s fishing fleet