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Only 2-10% of the eggs deposited in a gravel nest will survive to return to the spawning grounds as adults.
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West Coast Salmon History |
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| Canfisco's Early Years |
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On April 30th, 2006, the Canadian Fishing Company (Canfisco) celebrates its
100th anniversary, and this brief look back at the early history of the company
has been prepared to mark the occasion... more
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| Gulf of Georgia Cannery |
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Since its construction in 1894, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery has been a landmark
for fishermen... more
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| Smith’s Iron Chink - One Hundred Years of the Mechanical
Fish Butcher |
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The Smith's Iron Chink, an unique mechanical fish butcher, was invented over
a hundred years ago by Canadian, Edmund Augustine Smith... more
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| A Turbulent Industry: Fishing In BC |
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Salmon meant wealth, and not only to industrial movers and shakers in British
Columbia in 1871... more
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| Fishing Rivers Inlet - The early years on the BC coast! |
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In 1867 the salmon canning industry reached the Fraser River. From there
it spread up north until almost one hundred canneries had been built throughout
British Columbia's coastal waters... more
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| Account Of A Season's Work At A Salmon Cannery - 1891 |
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The canning season proper does not commence till the 15th of June, when fishing
is begun. Up to that date everything is being got ready. more
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| Charcoal Production for the Salmon Canning... |
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The first salmon canneries on the Fraser River were built at Annieville and
Sapperton in 1870. more
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| Japanese Charcoal Pit Kilns on the Gulf Islands |
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Overlooking Georgeson Bay on Active Pass on Galiano Island stand five large
tear-shaped rock-walled structures. These Japanese charcoal pit kilns are
a testimony in stone to the Japanese settlers that came to British Columbia
in the 1890s. more
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| Saber-Tooth Salmon |
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Mike Trask has some fish story. The director of science at the Courtenay museum, 110 miles (185 km) northwest of Victoria, has hauled in a 130-pound (60 Kg), saber-tooth salmon. more
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| Discovery of Fossilized Salmon |
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A late August day on the Skokomish River with a fly-fishing rod and reel in his hand is about as good as it gets... more
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| Historic Canfisco Canned Salmon Labels |
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See our label designs used over the years. more
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| Historic Canfisco Cartoon Characters |
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From 1943 through 1945 Canadian Fishing Company contracted with the Walt Disney Company... more
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| Labels from the Donovan Miller collection |
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Reproductions of assorted British Columbia salmon can labels... more
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| BC Salmon History Links |
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If you are interested in more information on BC salmon history, the following
list of links may be helpful to you. more
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