| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Kake
Cannery, Kake |
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Kake, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 97001677 Resource Type: District Property Type: Industry/Processing/Extract. - Processing site Designated: December 9, 1997 |
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| Kake
Cannery, containing over a dozen buildings constructed from 1912 to 1940,
demonstrates trends and technology in the Pacific salmon canning industry.
Largely a self-contained facility, the cannery complex includes warehouses,
cannery buildings, and housing for workers, all connected via boardwalks.
Utilization of foreign contract labor, primarily Chinese, Japanese, Filipino
and to a lesser extent, Korean, Mexican, and black workers, propelled salmon
canning into Alaska's largest industry in the first half of the twentieth
century. Several key buildings of the Kake Landmark continue to deteriorate. Emergency stabilization of the pilings has taken place. Water, however is seeping into the building walls, causing further deterioration. A cannery reuse plan is being drafted which will assist the private owner in funding efforts to rehabilitate the buildings. |
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