Peter Mountain at Bones Bay Cannery

Peter Mountain at Bones Bay Cannery

Peter Mountain at Bones Bay Cannery

Bones Bay Cannery. In 1927 the Canadian Fish Company closed their cannery operation in Shushartie Bay and transferred the equipment to Bones Bay on W. Cracroft Island in Johnstone Strait. Close to the gillnet and seine fisheries of Johnstone Strait and the mainland inlets, the Bones Bay cannery remained in operation until 1948. Kwakwaka’wakw families from the Johnstone Strait villages provided its primary labour force. The man leaning against the stacked lumber is Peter Mountain, who came from one of the villages around Alert Bay.

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