Excursion Inlet | OBI Seafoods, Premium Wild Alaska Seafood
WEBOriginally built in 1908, the Excursion Inlet cannery was one of seven canneries that were established throughout history in the Icy Strait district, and it is the only one remaining. When this cannery first opened, the most common catch method for salmon in this area was with floating fish traps!
Excursion Inlet, Alaska - Wikipedia
WEBIt is located near the mouth of the inlet, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Juneau. Its seasons run from late June to mid-September. Excursion Inlet Cannery is one of the largest fish canneries in the world and was acquired by Ocean Beauty Seafoods in 2003. Pacific American Fisheries cannery at Excursion Inlet, June 1911
Canning Salmon at Excursion Inlet, Alaska: The First Century
WEBAug 27, 2014 · PAF acquired a cannery site on the northeast shore of Excursion Inlet, in what the company called the “justly famous Icy Straits fishing district,” in 1907. The following year, it erected a cannery building, and, with the canning equipment from the Haines plant, began canning salmon.
Ketchikan Historic George Inlet Cannery & Saxman Photo Stop
WEBEnjoy the scenic drive through Downtown Ketchikan with a guided photo stop in Saxman Native Village. Browse the park, look for the world's largest collection of totem poles, and learn the stories and history of these grand artistic works built by the Tlingit and Haida.
Alaska Salmon Cannery Chronology
WEBThe Alaska Packing Co. of San Francisco built the first cannery on Cook Inlet at Kasilof on the right bank of the Kasilof River near the mouth. Machinery was salvaged from the Old Sitka cannery which had been erected by the Cutting Packing Co. in 1878.
Excursion Inlet has some AMAZING history! It began as a native ...
WEBA cannery opened in the inlet in 1891. The current plant that you can see today was built in 1918 and until 2020 was still in operation. The cannery processed pink and chum salmon, salmon roe, salmon caviar, halibut and sablefish.
No salmon processing at OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet plant
WEBApr 5, 2021 · OBI Seafoods will not process salmon at its cannery in Excursion Inlet this summer. The Haines Borough is preparing for a dramatic reduction in raw fish tax revenue as a result. OBI Seafoods will continue to buy salmon from …
Excursion Inlet and Swanson Harbor | Journeys on a Trawler
WEBWe found the famous Excursion Inlet International Airport (a dirt strip and tiny covered waiting area)! The sign reads 9,280,000 salmon, 390 cannery workers, a handful of Pilgrims in the bush, The odd tourist (that’s us), and Nature abounds.
Excursion Inlet cannery ramps up frozen fish production
WEBJun 11, 2018 · Excursion Inlet’s fish-processing plant is gearing up for another season. Recently, seafood processor and distributor Ocean Beauty has been reducing its canning operations while ramping up...
War Comes to Excursion Inlet - Anjuli Grantham
WEBDec 4, 2017 · In June of 1944, 700 German prisoners of war arrived at Excursion Inlet, sent to salvage the buildings and materials used for the boondoggle. In the few months they spent at the facility, they were able to salvage about twelve million board feet of lumber.