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| Keywords: Waterfront and fishing boats, Petersburg, ca 1912 (THWAITES 385).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 3 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Petersburg Alaska PH Coll 247 840<br/>Petersburg is located on the north end of Mitkof Island where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound It lies midway between Juneau and Ketchikan about 120 miles from either community Tlingit Indians from Kake utilized the north end of Mitkof Island as a summer fish camp Some reportedly began living year-round at the site including John Lot Petersburg was named after Peter Buschmann a Norwegian immigrant and a pioneer in the cannery business who arrived in the late 1890s He built the Icy Strait Packing Company cannery a sawmill and a dock by 1900 His family's homesteads grew into this community populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin By 1920 600 people lived in Petersburg year-round During this time fresh salmon and halibut were packed in glacier ice for shipment Alaska's first shrimp processor Alaska Glacier Seafoods was founded in 1916 A cold storage plant was built in 1926 The cannery has operated continuously and is now known as Petersburg Fisheries a subsidiary of Icicle Seafoods Inc Across the narrows is the town of Kupreanof which was once busy with fur farms a boat repair yard and a sawmill Petersburg has developed into one of Alaska's major fishing communities Subjects LCTGM Waterfronts--Alaska--Petersburg; Fishing boats--Alaska--Petersburg Subjects LCSH Petersburg Alaska ; Cities and towns--Alaska--Petersburg depicted place Petersburg Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 385 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW367 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Waterfronts Fishing boats Petersburg Alaska | ||||
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