Heritage Marker for Deas Island Cannery
British Columbia Heritage Markers Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop. Date Posted: 6/25/2010 10:57:44 PM Waymark Code: WM9443; Delta Heritage Site/GVRD Parks 1982
“Deas Island Cannery. In 1873 a salmon cannery was established on this site by free black tinsmith named John Sullivan Deas. Adjacent to one of the best salmon runs, his cannery briefly was the leading producer on the Fraser River.”
Link to this waymarker to see the location of the cannery on Deas Island. https://www.waymarking.com/WAYMARKS/WM9443_DEAS_ISLAND_CANNERY_DELTA_BC