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Pacific Packing and Navigation Company

Alaskan salmon canning and shipping company based in New Jersey1

Pacific Packing and Navigation Company is a defunct salmon-canning company which operated in the U.S. state of Alaska. Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey and backed by eastern capitalists, it was formed during the spring of 1901, the idea of Roland B. Onnfroy.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1901Founded1
  • HeadquartersNew Jersey1

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Waves breaking against Pacific Packing & Navigation Co office on the beach during a storm of 1902, Nome, Alaska (HEGG 688)
Photo: Eric A. Hegg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Pacific Packing and Navigation Company is a defunct salmon-canning company which operated in the U.S. state of Alaska. Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey and backed by eastern capitalists, it was formed during the spring of 1901, the idea of Roland B. Onnfroy.2

Timeline

  1. 1901Founded Founded1

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