1912 ❖ The new SHAW hauling canned fish

 

The gas screw SHAW
Built by F. "Gene" Fowler in 1912,
Shaw Island, San Archipelago, 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 landing, operated by 
Puget Sound Navigation.
Courtesy of Larry Crawford Jr.

"The fish boat SHAW was launched Sunday. Quite a crowd was there to see it launched. Those present were: Messers. W. Quimby, Smith, Holly, F.E. Fowler, A. Blank, W.E. Grinstead, D.E. Hoffman, Fred Fowler, Fritz Lee, Mesdames Quimby, Hoffman, O. Fowler, F. Grinstead and Miss Holly; also quite a crowd of children."

09 August 1912.San Juan Islander., Friday Harbor, WA.

"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.