CA-K318Economy & trade

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Steveston

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston, Richmond, British Columbia, photographed in 2019. Gulf of Georgia Cannery general view · Ymblanter · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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The Gulf of Georgia Cannery, a large complex of wooden fish-processing and canning buildings on a wharf at the mouth of the Fraser River in Steveston, British Columbia, recalls the West Coast fishing industry from the 1870s on. Its buildings, built and modified between 1894 and 1964, stand in what was historically the most important fishing village on the West Coast.

Scope & context

The cannery and the industry it represents, not the workers’ communities in detail.

Sources behind this record

Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value