Fisheries of the Late 1800s:
1891: Lobster Packing Co.
Workers: Names unknown
1896: Lobster Canneries [3]
Workers: E. Larkin, Chas. Wickens, H. L. Shand, W. H. Rodgerson, John Shand Jr.
1897: Floating Factory
Workers: John M. Shand; Messrs E. Larkin, H. L. Shand, H.E. Kendrick
The first lobster factory was built at the shore about the year 1857: Operated by Solomon Kendrick.
Around 1900 a lobster factory was constructed by John Shand Sr.
Howard Shand’s Lobster Cannery on Squaw Point
He passed away in 1920 which is around the time the canneries died out.
When you say “Howard Shand’s Lobster Cannery on Squaw Point”, is Squaw Point located down on the point behind Kevin Swaine’s tankshop?
Yes it is Christy