About 40 years ago, the Haines Packing Co. plant at Letnikof Cove produced its last can of salmon, as environmental regulations caught up to the plant that opened in 1917.
“They wanted us to have a septic system for everything, including fish guts,” recalled former resident Harold Hannon, 89, of Eagle River.
Hannon was the cannery’s “do-all” man when parent company Ward Cove of Seattle instead discontinued processing here and shipped its giant retort ovens…
