FIRST - President of B.C. Packers — Delta, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
N 49° 10.617 W 122° 54.858
10U E 506246 N 5447130
Alexander Ewen built a fish packing plant at this location in 1871. By 1902 he and three other men formed the BC Packers Company which bought out many small packing plants on the British Columbia coast.
Waymark Code: WMTR05
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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SALMON!

This site, on the world’s greatest sockeye salmon river, lured many pioneer canners in the late 1860’s and the early 1870’s. Pre-eminent was Alexander Ewen, a founder and first president of B.C. Packers, who established a cannery here in 1871. The new salmon canning industry thrived on exports to foreign markets until by 1900 it was among the most important in the province.

Province of British Columbia
1970

FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group

Date of FIRST: 01/01/1902

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