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A society formed in 2009 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, celebrating, and disseminating the maritime history of the San Juan Islands and northern Puget Sound area. Check this log for tales from out-of-print publications as well as from members and friends. There are circa 750, often long entries, on a broad range of maritime topics; there are search aids at the bottom of the log. Please ask for permission to use any photo posted on this site. Thank you.

1912 ❖ The new SHAW hauling canned fish

 


The gas screw SHAW
Built by F. "Gene" Fowler in 1912,
Shaw Island, WA.
36' Reg. L x 12.7' x 4'
Source: Tonnage Admeasurements 
from the National Archives Records Administration NW.
Master is listed as Willard Quimby,
also a resident of Shaw Island.
Photo date-stamped verso, Dec. 1939
Location: Shaw Island marina next to 
the ferry landing operated by 
Puget Sound Navigation.
Courtesy of Larry Crawford Jr.

"The fish boat Shaw took two loads of canned salmon to Bellingham [Washington] the past week."

The San Juan Islander, 20 September 1912.
Saltwater People Historical Society collection.

The Shaw Island Cannery was located on the dock on the left margin of this photo located there for ca. ten years on what was then called Harney Channel. 

In 2022 the name was officially changed by the state to the Henry Cayou Channel.


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