Category: Alaska’s Historic Canneries

Mon, March 21, 2016

Alaska Historic Canneries Grants & Update

by Anjuli Grantham   Spring arrived in Kodiak along with the first real snow fall of the year. Here is a quick run-down on recent Alaska Historic Canneries Initiative activities.   Grant Program We received 16 applications for our small grant program, and we awarded seven grants. The recipients are: - Deanna Baier of Dillingham, for an oral history project with 4-H - Rick Metzger and Woody Knebel, for researching the Alitak Cannery on Kodiak Island - Sitka History Museum,... (Read More)

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Tue, March 15, 2016

Cannery Initiative Grant Recipients Announced

  The Alaska Historical Society’s has awarded seven grants to advance seafood history projects around Alaska. The grants have been awarded to individuals and organizations to advance documentation, preservation, and education about the history of Alaska’s seafood industry and to support the vision of the Alaska Historic Canneries Initiative. Grants were awarded for projects in Dillingham, Kodiak, Naknek, Tenakee Springs and Sitka. “With these grants, we hope to direct more attention towards the history and culture of Alaska’s seafood industry.... (Read More)

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Sun, February 28, 2016

Dago Red: Bristol Bay Sailboat Days

submitted by Tim Troll   Photo from the album of Alfred J and Martha Opland with description that confirms the observation of Bristol Bay sailboat fisherman Suerre Gjemso "Those old fellers, they sure liked their whiskey. They was a rugged bunch, but good natured fellers. Drunk, but tough out on the water."

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Sun, February 21, 2016

Sailboats with Cannery Designations

[caption id="attachment_4381" align="aligncenter" width="890"] Painting of sail boats by Tim Troll.[/caption]

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Tue, February 16, 2016

Arctic Packing Company, the First Cannery

by Tim Troll The first cannery in Bristol Bay was the Arctic Packing Company cannery established at the Yup'ik village of Kanulik on the Nushagak River.  It was built in 1883 and produced the first pack of canned salmon from Bristol Bay in 1884 -  400 cases of tall cans - maybe 6000 fish.  It was sometimes known as Rohlff's Cannery after its founder businessman Carl Rohlffs of San Francisco.  The name Rohlff survives (often misspelled) on some maps as the name of... (Read More)

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