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Alaska Southern Fish and Fisheries Cannery Map 1941

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
This map shows the locations and names of the salmon canneries that were operating in Alaska in 1949.
Hoonah Tunnel 1950

Hoonah Tunnel 1950

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
Once a solid rock wall, still referred to locally as the tunnel.
Bill Welsh Hoonah 1950

Bill Welsh Hoonah Cannery 1950

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Bill Welsh was one of three sons of Robert and Jeanice Welsh. The Welsh family association with the cannery spanned approximately 20 years, beginning in the 1930s.
Icy Straits Canning Company 1950

Icy Straits Salmon Company 1950

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The Icy Straits Salmon Company was built in 1912 as the Hoonah Packing Company. The cannery underwent various owners throughout the years and was purchased by the Icy Staits Salmon Company in 1934.
Alaska Coastal Plane 1950

Alaska Coastal Plane in Hoonah

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
Float plane landing in Hoonah in 1950.
Cannery and Docks 1948

Cannery Docks and Pilings 1948

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Pictured in these photos are the cannery docks and pilings in 1948.
Hoonah Cannery Aerial Photo 1948

Hoonah Cannery Aerial Photo 1948

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
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.
Boat Docked at Cannery

Boat Docked at Cannery

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The fishing tender, The Bear at the gut scow chute.
Men on Porch Hoonah Cannery

Hoonah Cannery Workers 1948

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Icy Straits Salmon Company cannery workers sitting on a bench.

Robert Pendley Icy Straits Cannery Video

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places, Fishing
Summary
Filmed circa 1950s by Robert Pendley who was a mechanic at Icy Straits Salmon Packing Company for fifteen seasons.
The Bear Tender

Fishing Tender The Bear

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The Bear would unload fish by pitching it off with a fish pew, a long handle with a sharp curved end.
Old Housing at the Cannery, Hoonah Point

Old Cannery Workers Housing at Hoonah Point

Digital Heritage
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing