Discovering British Columbia · Drawing 11 of 32
Inside the Old Cannery
Steveston
Inside the Steveston museum, two visitors examine old machinery. Tins line a conveyor. Long ago, fish was prepared here for canning.
Did you know?
The Gulf of Georgia Cannery was built in 1894.
Look together
Which shapes repeat in the machinery?
An idea to try
Count the tins and imagine their route through the factory.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The cannery records the West Coast fishing industry and the work of people from diverse backgrounds. This simplified museum display is shown at rest. It does not explain every actual stage of the canning process.
Look together: Which shapes repeat in the machinery? Count the tins and imagine their route through the factory.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Parks Canada: Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic SitePlace, history or habitat described on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-03. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
