The first cannery in Anacortes was opened in 1893, and by 1915 eleven canneries were built along the Guemes Channel on the north shore of Fidalgo Island. Through the years many canneries have come and gone. While the seafood industry continues its local harvest, the last cannery closed its doors in Anacortes in 1999. What remains of the history are colorful canning labels, authentic cannery records, hundreds of fishing photographs, and intriguing oral histories that document this central part of our collective heritage and enduring tradition.

The Carnegie Gallery features the original office once serving the Fidalgo Island Packing Company, which was among the first salmon canneries built in Anacortes, near where the Washington State Ferry now docks. It was located at Ship Harbor and operated between 1894 and 1925.

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