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Princess Royal Cannery | China Hat

Cannery buildings nestled at the end of a bay with a treed mountain behind.

Princess Royal Cannery buildings from the water on China Hat island ca 1916. Image B-09646 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives.

1900-1903

52°35’29.7″N 128°31’23.0″W

  • Established in 1900 at Swindle Island by Toms, Morris, and Fraser
  • Purchased in 1902 by the BC Packers Association and demolished in 1903
  • Klemtu Cannery was built on the same site in 1927