Joan Phillipson Young
GUEST WRITER. The Cannery Kid: Call of the Cannery
A long, long time ago in the early 1950's I spent about three weeks at the cannery. It was summer and my parents were heading off on a...
Dr. Gerald Philippson MD
GUEST POST. The Cannery Kid: Ice Cream Party
It was a beautiful early summer Sunday at North Pacific Cannery on the Skeena River. Sundays were often dull for a ten-year-old. It was...
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Never a dull moment as a Cannery Kid
Living out on a river several kms from a hospital was in itself a challenge for my parents. My mother was a modern women and had learned...
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Sunday, a Chance to Explore.
Working at the cannery was not a Monday to Friday kind of job It was more 24/7. However on Sunday my dad did his best to come up with an...
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: The Company Store
Like all small villages at the time, the company store was the hub of activity. The store was down the boardwalk from the house and it...
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Making New Cannery Friends
Our first summer out at the cannery was the year I turned 9. As luck would have it there were lots of girls my age that lived out there...
