I've recently been reading the Raincoast Chronicles and came across a story about the canneries at Rivers and Smiths Inlets. I've was able to see the remains of one cannery at Rivers in the few weeks I spent up there over a decade ago, but at the time I didn't realize that they were canning sockeye will all the talk of big springs and my limited knowledge of the industry.
So my question, is there still a decent run of sockeye that head up River's Inlet to any of the main rivers? Is there any commercial or sports fishing for sockeye there? Or are they all but a thing of the past?
So my question, is there still a decent run of sockeye that head up River's Inlet to any of the main rivers? Is there any commercial or sports fishing for sockeye there? Or are they all but a thing of the past?