Timeline: fishing

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Apr 29, 2015

4.1 history of fishing

May 20, 1866

The first cannery

*The first cannery opened in 1866. G.W. and William Hume established a cannery at Eagle Cliff. It made the 64,000 thousand dollers on 4,000 cans of salmon. "Columbia River." Columbia River. Oregon History Society, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. http://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/columbia_river/#.VUEzayFVikp.

Mar 9, 1867

idustrial prossesing

Industrial canning teqnieques improved the production of salmon packing N.p., n.d. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fcolumbiariverimages.com%2FRegions%2FPlaces%2Fcanneries_columbia_river.html>.

Apr 13, 1879

fishing wheel

Introduced to the river in 1879, fish wheels accelerated the harvest of chinook salmon. "Columbia River." Columbia River. Oregon History Society, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. http://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/columbia_river/#.VUEzayFVikp.

Apr 29, 1883

railroad fishing

The south pacific railroad system was completed making it easier to pack fish to caneries. N.p., n.d. Web. <http%3A%2F%2Fcolumbiariverimages.com%2FRegions%2FPlaces%2Fcanneries_columbia_river.html>.

May 28, 1911

peaked

1911, the yearly catch peaked at forty-seven million pounds. "Nwcouncil.org." Commercial Fishing. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. https://www.nwcouncil.org/history/CommercialFishing. 2009, 11:40AM BST 11 Aug. "Salmon Return to France's River Seine." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6013819/Salmon-return-to-Frances-River-Seine.html.

Apr 30, 1938

law passed

Congress passed the Mitchell Act in 1938 "Mitchell Act." Nwcouncil.org. N.p., n.d. Web. <https%253A%252F%252Fwww.nwcouncil.org%252Fhistory%252FMitchellAct>.

Jun 1, 1942

the grand coulee damn

The grand coulee damn was built. It costed 243 million dollers to build "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/trailer/coulee/.

May 28, 1952

the dalles dam

On this date the dam was built. The cannery and fish ladder where bulit in 1957 "PORTLAND DISTRICT." Portland District Locations Columbia River The Dalles. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColumbiaRiver/TheDalles.aspx.