Image

From the air you can see cannery housing, a fuel tank and in the far top of the photo on the beach front are smoke houses owned by Hoonah families.

Can making machinery in the cannery loft.

Boats shown tied up at the gut (gurry) scow chute at the cannery.

Several houses unaffected by the tragic 1944 fire that burned down most of the town.

Houses at the cannery still remain as pictured and are lived in to to this day by management of the transformed cannery, now Icy Strait Point.

Setting a net near Excursion Inlet 1950.

Paul Dybdahl, Sr. was the tender captain of the Point Sophia and became the watchman during winters.

Taken circa 1950

Taken circa 1950 in Bellingham, WA getting repairs and upkeep.