Fig 1: 1914 map of The Fidalgo Island Packing Company (FIPC) in Ketchikan, cropped to show the main facility of the cannery. (Ref. 1) A map, and a Moment in Time: Exploring the 1914 Fidalgo Island Packing Company in Ketchikan Sometimes history surprises you. You open an old document—say, a 1914 Sanborn fire insurance map—and suddenly you’re staring straight into the everyday life of a century-old salmon cannery. That’s exactly what happens with the Sanborn map of the Fidalgo Island Packing Company (FIPC) in Ketchikan. At first, it looks like a simple drawing of buildings and labels. But look closer … Continue reading Sanborn Map of FIPC in Ketchikan, 1914