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| Keywords: Pacific American Fisheries cannery, King Cove, ca 1912 (THWAITES 1).jpeg check categories 25 October 2016 1 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Salmon Cannery P A F Kings Cove Alaska PH Coll 247 17<br/>King Cove is located on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula on a sand spit fronting Deer Passage and Deer Island It is 18 miles southeast of Cold Bay and 625 miles southwest of Anchorage King Cove was founded in 1911 when Pacific American Fisheries built a salmon cannery Early settlers were Scandinavian European and Aleut fishermen Of the first ten founding families five consisted of a European father and an Aleut mother The cannery operated continuously between 1911 and 1976 when it was partially destroyed by fire The adoption of the 200-mile fisheries limit spurred rebuilding King Cove remains tied to fishing and fish processing Subjects LCTGM Pacific American Fisheries Company King Cove Alaska --Facilities--Alaska--King Cove; Piers wharves--Alaska--King Cove; Deer Passage Alaska Subjects LCSH Salmon canneries--Alaska--King Cove; Salmon canning industry--Alaska--King Cove depicted place United States--Alaska--King Cove ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 1 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW009 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Salmon canneries | ||||
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