

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...

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...

Sue Madill


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...

Dr. Gerald Philippson MD


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...

Joan Phillipson Young


GUEST POST. The Cannery Kid: Ice Cream Party
It was a beautiful early summer Sunday at North Pacific Cannery on the Skeena River. Sundays were often dull for a ten-year-old. It was...

Dr. Gerald Philippson MD













