WORLD'S GREATEST - Sockeye Salmon River — Delta, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop
N 49° 10.617 W 122° 54.858
10U E 506246 N 5447130
The Fraser River has long been known as having the world's biggest sockeye salmon run. Today the numbers are a mere shadow of the 1800s.
Waymark Code: WMTR0B
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
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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

Type of documentation of superlative status: Historical sign

Location of coordinates: The site of Alexander Ewen's first fish cannery

Web Site: Not listed
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