page_title: Gulf of Georgia Cannery
section_title: Chronology
hierarchical_section_title: Gulf of Georgia Cannery / Chronology
caption_attribution_description: Gulf of Georgia Cannery
context_page_description: The Gulf of Georgia Cannery is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Steveston village in Richmond, British Columbia.
  Built in 1894, the cannery echoes the days when it was the leading producer of canned salmon in British Columbia. Today it is a museum with interactive exhibits, film, and tours that demonstrate the Cannery's important role in the history of Canada's West Coast fishing industry.
context_section_description: 1894 - Construction of the original L-shaped building; one manual canning line.
  1897 - East Wing built to provide additional packing and seasonal living area. Two additional canning lines added.
  1906 - Arrival of the mechanical butchering machine; West wing (butchering shed) converted to net loft/storage. East wing shortened by 50 feet (15 m) in 1906 due to new dyke and railway tracks along the waterfront.
  1932 - Remains of the West wing demolished by a windstorm.
  1940 - Roofline raised to accommodate additional boiler (boiler house).
  1943 - Ice house built (in order to store fish for a longer amount of time).
  1940-48 - Various structural modifications and additions related to the herring reduction process: Vitamin oil shed and dryer shed.
  1956 - East wing of original building raised to accommodate evaporator. Separator room constructed next to evaporator room.
  1964 - Addition of grinding and bagging room off drying shed.
  1979 - Gulf of Georgia reduction plant closed, building is used as a net loft.
  1994 - Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site of Canada opens to the public.
caption: Fisherman's Park sculpture in 2018
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