fishing

By Washington_Baller
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    4.1 history of fishing

  • The first cannery

    The first cannery
    *The first cannery opened in 1866. G.W. and William Hume established a cannery at Eagle Cliff. It made the 64,000 thousand dollers on 4,000 cans of salmon. "Columbia River." Columbia River. Oregon History Society, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. http://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/columbia_river/#.VUEzayFVikp.

  • idustrial prossesing

    idustrial prossesing
    Industrial canning teqnieques improved the production of salmon packing N.p., n.d. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fcolumbiariverimages.com%2FRegions%2FPlaces%2Fcanneries_columbia_river.html>.

  • fishing wheel

    fishing wheel
    Introduced to the river in 1879, fish wheels accelerated the harvest of chinook salmon. "Columbia River." Columbia River. Oregon History Society, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. http://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/columbia_river/#.VUEzayFVikp.

  • railroad fishing

    railroad fishing
    The south pacific railroad system was completed making it easier to pack fish to caneries. N.p., n.d. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fcolumbiariverimages.com%2FRegions%2FPlaces%2Fcanneries_columbia_river.html>.

  • peaked

    peaked
    1911, the yearly catch peaked at forty-seven million pounds. "Nwcouncil.org." Commercial Fishing. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. https://www.nwcouncil.org/history/CommercialFishing. 2009, 11:40AM BST 11 Aug. "Salmon Return to France's River Seine." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6013819/Salmon-return-to-Frances-River-Seine.html.

  • law passed

    Congress passed the Mitchell Act in 1938 "Mitchell Act." Nwcouncil.org. N.p., n.d. Web. <https%253A%252F%252Fwww.nwcouncil.org%252Fhistory%252FMitchellAct>.

  • the grand coulee damn

    the grand coulee damn
    The grand coulee damn was built. It costed 243 million dollers to build "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/trailer/coulee/.

  • the dalles dam

    the dalles dam
    On this date the dam was built. The cannery and fish ladder where bulit in 1957 "PORTLAND DISTRICT." Portland District Locations Columbia River The Dalles. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColumbiaRiver/TheDalles.aspx.

  • seufert cannery burns down

    seufert cannery burns down
    The Seuferty bothers cannery burns down N.p., n.d. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fcolumbiariverimages.com%2FRegions%2FPlaces%2Fseufert_brothers_cannery.html>.