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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 20



The History of Fort Langley, 1827-96

by Mary K. Cullen

Appendix E. Salmon Cured at Fort Langley, 1830-73.1

This table is a summary of data from various sources in the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. The "Amount Cured" in each year is simply the total for which there is evidence. Since Bills of Lading and Country Transfers sometimes provide the only documentation, the figures in the table often represent exported cured salmon, and then even, a part of a possible total. Salmon cured for home consumption is seldom included except for the peak years 1844 to 1854 when correspondence on the subject is more detailed. "No record" means lack of information for a particular year, not necessarily no salmon cured or no market.

YearAmount CuredMarket
1830200 barrels[No record.]
1831300 barrels[No record.]
1832[No record.][No record.]
1833220 barrels220 barrelsFort Vancouver

100 half barrels100 half barrelsFort Vancouver
183430 barrels30 barrelsFort Vancouver

55 half barrels55 half barrelsFort Vancouver

669 pieces dried salmon669 piecesFort Nisqually
1835605 barrels605 barrelsFort Vancouver

112 half barrels112 half barrelsFort Vancouver

24 tierces24 tierces

5 hogsheads5 hogsheads

600 pieces dried salmon600 piecesFort Simpson
1836200 barrels200 barrelsFort Vancouver

350 pieces dried salmon350 piecesFort Nisqually
1837450 barrels350 barrelsSandwich Islands


9 barrelsSteamer Beaver


2 barrelsFort McLoughlin


80 barrelsFort Vancouver


10 barrelsFort Nisqually
1838597 barrels587 barrelsFort Vancouver


10 barrelsFort Nisqually
1839400 barrels135 barrelsFort Vancouver


11 barrelsSteamer Beaver


15 barrelsFort Nisqually
1840300 barrels27 barrels

1500 pieces dried salmon1500 piecesFort Nisqually


230 barrelsFort Vancouver


22 barrelsSteamer Beaver
1841540 barrels[No record.]
1842[No record.]Shipment to Sandwich Islands per Vancouver market "glutted."
1843[No record.]Sandwich Island market improving; other markets sought in China and U.S.
1844890 barrels340 barrelsSandwich Islands
1845800 barrels460 barrelsSandwich Island, sold at $9, $10 per barrel
18461600 barrels1530 barrelsSandwich Island, sold at $10 per barrel
18471385 barrelsSold at 41/8 per barrel
18481703 barrels500 barrelsSandwich Islands
18492610 barrelsPrice in Sandwich Island raised to $13 per barrel.
18501600 barrels961 barrels to Sandwich Islands sold at $ 14-15 per barrel.
1851950 barrelsPrice in Sandwich Islands $13-14 a barrel.
18521757 barrels1200 barrelsSandwich Islands

150 half barrels150 half barrelsSandwich Islands


Unknown quantity sent to San Francisco.
18532000 barrels677 barrelsSandwich Islands


148 half barrelsSandwich Islands
18542000 barrelsPrice in Sandwich Islands falls to $10 per barrel, then to $8; 100 barrels sent to England; 30 barrels to Tahiti.
1855[No record.]450 barrels to Sandwich Islands, sold at $12 per barrel; 60 barrels in July at $14.
1856510 barrels260 barrels to Sandwich Islands in January 1857, sold at $13-14 per bbl.
1857[No record.]524 barrels and 150 half barrels to Sandwich Islands sold at $12-14 per barrel.
1858[No record.][No record.]
1859[No record.][No record.]
1860[No record.]600 barrels to Sandwich Islands—little demand.
1861[No record.][No record.]
1862[No record.][No record.]
1863[No record.][No record.]
1864[No record.][No record.]
1865[No record.]Some salmon sold in Sandwich Islands @ $15 barrel
1866[No record.]Some salmon sold in Sandwich Islands @ $13 barrel
186757 barrels large salmon80 barrels to Sandwich Islands; some sent on trial to Valparaiso

35 barrels small salmon
1868salmon cured turned bad[No record.]
1869130 barrels100 barrelsSandwich Islands


20 half barrelsSandwich Islands
1870108 barrels88 barrelsSandwich Islands

20 half barrels20 half barrelsSandwich Islands
18715 barrelsSalted for local use.

5 half barrels
1872[No record.][No record.]
1873[No record.]No market for Fort Langley salmon.

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