Cassiar Cannery
Canada /
British Columbia /
Prince Rupert /
World
/ Canada
/ British Columbia
/ Prince Rupert
World / Canada / British Columbia / Skeena-Queen Charlotte
historical building, historic site
www.cassiarcannery.com/
In 1889, Alfred E. Green put a $16 deposit on a property in the Skeena Slough to participate in the salmon boom of the late 1800s after Inverness, the first cannery, opened in 1876. Green sold to the Cassiar Packing Company (Caspaco) in 1903 and Cassiar was in business, fully operational for over 80 years and holding the record as the longest continually operating cannery on the West Coast.
Northern salmon canneries were essentially small towns with everything needed available on site. Cassiar had a store, doctor, office, cookhouses, machine shops, bunkhouses, manager houses, blacksmith, shipwrights, net lofts, all the canning and processing equipment, power production and more.
By 1905, there were 12 canneries operating near the mouth of the Skeena River. Beginning in the 1920s, the number of Skeena canneries began to drop and only the strongest remained. By the 1960s, only 3 operational canneries were left and by the 1980s, Cassiar was the last operating salmon cannery on the Skeena River. Although Cassiar is no longer packing salmon, the site has always been open for business.
Since the summer of 2006, when Justine Crawford and Mark Bell bought the property, Cassiar has been undergoing restoration and diversification into the conservation economy.
Mark Bell's Poseidon Marine is based out of the old general store, and plans to move into the boat shop that was erected in the 1960s.
Two of the five historic managers' homes along the shoreline, the Sockeye House and the Coho House, have been restored and are available for rentals, and two others are currently under restoration.
Handcrafted custom woodwork furniture is made from reclaimed cedar logs and timbers, and is available for sale.
In 1889, Alfred E. Green put a $16 deposit on a property in the Skeena Slough to participate in the salmon boom of the late 1800s after Inverness, the first cannery, opened in 1876. Green sold to the Cassiar Packing Company (Caspaco) in 1903 and Cassiar was in business, fully operational for over 80 years and holding the record as the longest continually operating cannery on the West Coast.
Northern salmon canneries were essentially small towns with everything needed available on site. Cassiar had a store, doctor, office, cookhouses, machine shops, bunkhouses, manager houses, blacksmith, shipwrights, net lofts, all the canning and processing equipment, power production and more.
By 1905, there were 12 canneries operating near the mouth of the Skeena River. Beginning in the 1920s, the number of Skeena canneries began to drop and only the strongest remained. By the 1960s, only 3 operational canneries were left and by the 1980s, Cassiar was the last operating salmon cannery on the Skeena River. Although Cassiar is no longer packing salmon, the site has always been open for business.
Since the summer of 2006, when Justine Crawford and Mark Bell bought the property, Cassiar has been undergoing restoration and diversification into the conservation economy.
Mark Bell's Poseidon Marine is based out of the old general store, and plans to move into the boat shop that was erected in the 1960s.
Two of the five historic managers' homes along the shoreline, the Sockeye House and the Coho House, have been restored and are available for rentals, and two others are currently under restoration.
Handcrafted custom woodwork furniture is made from reclaimed cedar logs and timbers, and is available for sale.
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Coordinates: 54°10'39"N 130°10'35"W
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