Humpback Bay

Humpback Bay (54˚05'00" 130˚23'00" N side of Porcher I, S of Prince Rupert). The Porcher I Cannery was built here in 1928, just as the Great Depression got rolling, by Lewis Hogan and the Chatham Sd Fishing & Packing Co. F H Cunningham, chief inspector of fisheries for BC, 1911–21, was a major investor. It closed in 1932 and was taken over two years later by the Canadian Fishing Co for use as a summer fishing station, offering gas, provisions and repairs to the gillnet fleet until 1968, and...

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