For a few summers after we moved to New Westminster my father would return north to continue his craft as a net man for the salmon...

· From time to time I would go gill netting with my dad, usually on night sets. I enjoyed pumping the boat out. After a couple of strokes...

Kitson sland at the mouth of the Skeena River was our picnic area. We would reach the island aboard Inverness Cannery gill netters. Most...

One of the special outings that sister Carole and I enjoyed was going with our mother to the Inverness company store for groceries. Once...

As a a Cannery Kid growing up in Prince Rupert, I really never wanted to be a line worker in the Fish Cannery. I think I saw how hard my...

The Net Lofts were the biggest buildings on site aside from the main cannery and as you entered the building, the cathedral ceiling...