Gosse Bay

Gosse Bay (52˚10'00" 127˚56'00" N side of Gunboat Passage, NE of Bella Bella). Capt Richard Edward Gosse (1852–1927) was a Nfld sailor and sealer who moved to BC in 1887 and became a builder, especially of canneries. He bought his first cannery on Burrard Inlet in 1909. In 1913, with Francis Millerd, he formed Gosse-Millerd Packing Co (later Gosse-Millerd Ltd), which operated until 1926 and at one time was the second-largest salmon canner in BC. East Bella Bella cannery was purchased in...

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