Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Sunny Point Canning Company on the Ketchikan's Northland dock |
Image # |
93.2.19.26 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1916-1925 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
Sunny Point Canning Company on the Ketchikan's Northland dock. The cannery opened in 1916 on the Ketchikan's Northland dock. The name was changed to Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp., in 1929 and sold to P. E. Harris Co. In 1940 the company was sold to Nakat Packing Company 1949. Sunny Point had begun operations at the Northland Dock in Ketchikan in 1916, where they ran until a new plant was prepared at Charcoal Point near the mouth of Carlanna Creek and was occupied in 1923. One of Ketchikan's largest canneries was Sunny Point cannery which also started in 1916. The cannery originally began in April 1916, on the dock in downtown Ketchikan about where Tongass Dock Store is located. Sunny Point Packing Company installed a cannery producing half pound cans and placed Dale Hunt in charge. There was not room for continued expansion on the downtown dock so the company bought the site where the Ketchikan Shipyard is presently located in 1919 and had a cannery built and ready for the 1923 season. In 1924 a group of men, principally officers of the Skinner and Eddy Corporation, purchased Sunny Point cannery. On March 22, 1927, a fire destroyed two main buildings. Newly constructed buildings were of steel with galvanized iron roof and walls. The rebuilt cannery was ready for operation in 1924. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation with G. W. Skinner president took over Skinner & Eddy concerns. This company operated the Sunny Point cannery until 1940. In 1939 P.E. Harris purchased the holdings of Alaska Pacific. During the war years when various companies consolidated their packs, the Sunny Point cannery packed not only for P.E. Harris, but for Beegle Packing and Rose Inlet. P.E. Harris operated Sunny Point until 1948 when it was purchased by Nakat Packing Company. The last pack was made during the 1968 season and the property was purchased by New England Fish Company in 1969. |
Print size |
3.653 cm x 6.35 cm |
Search Terms |
Salmon Canneries Ketchikan Waterfront Nob Hill Sunny Point Cannery Northland Dock Co. Downtown Ketchikan |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo #16 Collection, KM 93.2.19.26 |