Harold Monks’ Kennfalls Cannery Snapshots

My grandpa Harold Monks fished on seine boats for the Clayoquot Sound Canning Company at Kennfalls, Tofino Inlet in 1914-1916 and 1919-1933. Harold was on John Eik’s “Annie H” crew and skippered the “Kenn Falls”. These snapshots of the “Kennfalls Cannery” boats, buildings and people were taken by Harold Monks, and placed in his personal photo album. Click on the photo to see a larger image and a slideshow.

“Annie H” at the Cannery, 1920. Harold Monks photo.
Clayoquot Sound Cannery at Kennfalls, 1914. Images from Harold Monks’ album.
The Princess Maquinna arrives at the Kennfalls wharf, 1914. Harold Monks photo.
Kal Oberg, Harold Sloman, Harold Monks, Jack Morrison, 1920. Images from Harold Monks’ album.
Images from Harold Monks’ album of cannery fishing activities circa 1920.
SS Tees at Cannery Wharf, 1914. Harold Monks photo.
Kennfalls Cannery buildings, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Scenes from Cannery Bay area in 1915. Harold Monks’ photos in his album.
Pages from Harold Monks’ album.
Images of boats and fisherman from Harold Monks’ album.
The Iskum at Kennfalls, 1915. Harold Monks photo.
The Iskum loaded with salmon, 1915. Harold Monks photo.
Pages from Harold Monks’ album.
Kennfalls Cannery buildings. Nets on cannery wharf. Harold Monks photo.
Kennfalls Cannery buildings, image could be as early as 1914. Harold Monks photo.
Kennfalls Cannery buildings 1927. Image from Harold Monks’ album.
“Annie H” and crew, snapshots from Harold Monks’ album.
Images from Harold Monks’ album.
Clayoquot Sound Canning Company at Kennfalls, Tofino Inlet, 1927. Image from Harold Monks’ album.
Images from Kennfalls Cannery, 1927. Harold Monks’ album.
“Kenn Falls” seiner, built in Victoria in 1926. Harold Monks became skipper of Kenn Falls in 1929. Harold Monks
Sid Elkington in Back Bay, Kennfalls BC, 1927. Snapshots by Harold Monks in his album.
Kennfalls Cannery buildings, boats and a couple in a canoe, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Kennfalls Cannery building under construction. Harold Monks photo.
“Kenn Falls” seiner, built in Victoria in 1926. Harold Monks became skipper of Kenn Falls in 1929. Harold Monks photo.
Fishermen brailing the seine net, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
A small seiner in Tofino Inlet in the fog, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Seine boat pulling in the seine, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Harold Monks and Jack Morrison, Cannery Wharf, Kennfalls, late summer, fall 1919. Harold Monks photo.
Harold Monks and M Frampton, Cannery Wharf, Late summer, fall 1919. Harold Monks photo.
A small seine boat and a skiff, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Seiner stowing salmon, Tofino inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Fisherman at the Kennfalls Cannery, circa 1920. Harold Monks photo.
Seine boat laying the net on the deck, Tofino Inlet 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Repairing nets at the Kennfalls Cannery, 1927. Harold Monks photo.
Harold Monks and two men outside a building at the Kennfalls Cannery, 1920s. Snapshot from Harold Monks album.
Original snapshot of the “Annie H” crew, 1920. Photo by Harold Monks in his album.
Crew of the “Annie H” – Wilfred Armitage, Louis Seebaum, Jack Morrison, Kal Oberg, John Eik. Harold Monks Photo.
Seiner “Annie H” at Mosquito Harbour, 1920. Man on right is John Eik, skipper. Harold Monks photo.
Original snapshot of “Annie H” at Mosquito Harbour, 1920 in Harold Monks’ album.
Jack Morrison and Louis Seebaum play pretend banjo on “Annie H”, summer 1920. Snapshot from Harold Monks’ album.
Jack Morrison on board the “Annie H”, 1920. Harold Monks photo.
An employee at the Kennfalls cannery circa 1920. Possibly “Hong”, cannery cook. Harold Monks photo.
Ole Jacobson cannery engineer, Anton Hansen, fisherman and John Eik, skipper of “Annie H”. Kennfalls circa 1920. Harold Monks photo.
Seiner “Annie H”, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
John Eik, Louis Seebaum, Kal Oberg and the seiner “Annie H” 1920. Harold Monks photo.
Three men at Cannery Wharf, probably between 1914 – 1916. Photo by Harold Monks.
Tofino area fishermen in 1920. Wilfred Armitage at far right. Harold Monks photo.
Original snapshot of Harold Monks and Joe Lomax from Harold Monks’ album.
Harold Monks and Joe Lomax at Cannery Wharf, Kennfalls, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
“Sammy”, a fisherman at the Kennfalls Cannery in Clayoquot Sound circa 1920. Harold Monks photo.
“Annie H” crew in Clayoquot Sound enjoy smoking pipes, summer 1920. Louis Seabaum, unknown, Kal Oberg. Harold Monks photo.
Seiner “East Point”, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Four seine boats heading out. Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Five Clayoquot Sound Canning Company seine boats at anchor, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Seine boat crew hauling the net by hand, Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.
Seine boat with net on deck. Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Unidentified men on board. Harold Monks photo.
Two seine boats heading out, one towing a skiff. Tofino Inlet, 1920s. Harold Monks photo.