Cannery Channel

Cannery Channel (49˚07'00" 123˚10'00" Mouth of the Fraser R, between Steveston I and Lulu I). In 1895, when Steveston was the “salmon capital of the world,” a dozen canneries lined the S shore of Lulu I: Atlas, Gulf of Georgia, Star, Steveston, Lulu I, Brunswick, Imperial, Phoenix, Britannia, Pacific Coast, Beaver and Canadian Pacific. Between the early 1880s and the end of the 20th century, 20 different operations started up and then fell silent. Today the Gulf of Georgia Cannery remains...

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