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Port Vita, Raspberry Strait
Port Vita is an abandoned herring reduction plant and saltery located on Raspberry Strait, on the northeastern coast of Raspberry Island, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Port Lions, Alaska.
Port Wakefield, Raspberry Island
Port Wakefield is an abandoned cannery on the east coast of Raspberry Island, about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Kodiak and 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Port Lions, Alaska.
Ekuk Fisheries, Nushagak Bay
Ekuk is a small village located on Ekuk Spit on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, a branch of Bristol Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) south-southwest of Dillingham and 1.3 (2.1 km) miles southwest of Clarks Point, Alaska.
Chignik Fisheries, Chignik Lagoon
Chignik Fisheries is a facility, formerly owned and operated as a cannery by Wards Cove Packing Company, located on the northwest shore of Chignik Lagoon, southwest of Dago Point, about 44 miles (71 km) south of Port Heiden and 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Perryville, Alaska.
Clarks Point, Nushagak Bay
Clarks Point is a small community named after a spit located on the eastern shore of Nushagak Bay, about 57 miles (92 km) west-northwest of Naknek and 14 miles (23 km) south-southwest of Dillingham, Alaska.
Cassiar Cannery, Skeena River
The Cassiar Cannery is located at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 11 air miles (18 km) from Prince Rupert and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Port Edward, British Columbia.
Chomly, Cholmondeley Sound
Chomly is an abandoned cannery and settlement on the south shore of West Arm Cholmondeley Sound, 28 miles (45 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.
Steamboat Bay, Noyes Island
Steamboat Bay is an estuary on the north coast of Noyes Island, 122 miles (197 km) southeast of Sitka and 77 miles (124 km) west-northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.
North Pacific Cannery, Skeena River
The North Pacific Cannery was built in 1888 on 183 acres (74 ha) of crown land near the mouth of the Skeena River, 9 miles (14.5 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southeast of Port Edward, British Columbia.
Admiralty Trading Company, Gambier Bay
The Admiralty Trading Company built a cannery in 1911 on the northern shore of Gambier Bay on the east coast of Admiralty Island, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Petersburg and 23 miles (37 km) east of Angoon, Alaska.
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