Sue Madill
The Queen's Pack
As a kid growing up at North Pacific Cannery on the north coast of British Columbia, I ate a lot of fish. It came served in many forms on...
Sue Madill
On the road again. The group of 5 head back on the Nisga'a highway
We are up early in Ginglox and say our goodbyes to Lavina. It has been a wonderful and emotional visit to a place that I only knew of in...
Sue Madill
We arrive in Gingolx
We have arrived in Gingolx. The twisting road that brought us here has diminished the appetite of some of our group of 5. But the first...
Sue Madill
The Nisga'a Highway. The Adventures of a Group of 5 Philippsons
It never fails, the best things in life are sometimes right in our own backyard. I grew up in Prince Rupert hearing stories about...
Sue Madill
From Cannery Kid to Cannery Worker
As a a Cannery Kid growing up in Prince Rupert, I really never wanted to be a line worker in the Fish Cannery. I think I saw how hard my...
Hannah Madill
Hannah Solo
Hello! Just got back a few days ago from my UK vacation. I got a healthy tax return from living in the arctic last year, and decided to...
Sue Madill
The Adventures of Hannah. A teacher
One never knows what the day will hold or where your children will go. Our oldest first went North all the way to Tuktoyaktuk, then to...
Sue Madill
In the Net Lofts
The Net Lofts were the biggest buildings on site aside from the main cannery and as you entered the building, the cathedral ceiling...
Dr. Gerald Philippson MD
The Cannery Kid Cecil's Summer
Linda Hansen with Cecil around 1951
Camille Dube
Singapore
(Welcome Camille Gladstone to the blog, she will be sharing her recent adventures here over the next few weeks. To find out more about...
Sue Madill
Tree-planting 101
Tree-planting was not something I had ever considered doing until the day my boyfriend and I found ourselves unemployed at the same time....
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Full Time Cannery Kid
The summer of 1971 was great we had a lot of fun but we were happy to return to our home in Prince Rupert. So when my parents sat us down...
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Always Learning Something
When the Herring season started a new Assistant Manager arrived . Mr. Winter came with his young family in the spring of 1972. The...
Hannah Madill
Road Trip for Ice Cream
When I was little, I grew up in Golden. When we'd go to Calgary we would stop in Cochrane and get Ice Cream. Cochrane is an interesting...
Hannah Madill
Grocery Store
As the furthest North mainland community in Canada, Tuk is pretty remote. The all seasons road will be open later this year, but until...
Hannah Madill
Whale Harvesting
It's a whirlwind up here. And that's just describing the weather! My time in Tuk is down to it's last week. Friday was high school grad,...
Hannah Madill
Dipping my Toe in the Arctic Ocean
When people come to Tuk in the summer, there is a photo they all take: the quintessential, dipping your toe in the Arctic Ocean picture....
Sue Madill
The Cannery Kid: Cannery Kid Meets Cannery Cat
The cannery cats were a big part of cannery life and were said to have descended from the cats across the Skeena at Old Ben's place. The...
Dr. Gerald Philippson MD
GUEST POST. The Cannery Kid: The China House
The China House was a very mysterious place. As a "cannery kid" I had the run of the cannery property. I was a little more wary of the...
Joan Phillipson Young
GUEST WRITER. The Cannery Kid: Call of the Cannery
A long, long time ago in the early 1950's I spent about three weeks at the cannery. It was summer and my parents were heading off on a...
