First Nations, Chinese, Japanese and Europeans all lived around the cannery during the season, returning to their homes only when the last can had been filled. The Chinese and Japanese workers lived in two-storey bunkhouses, while seven communal houses were built to accommodate the First Nations workers and their families. The cannery operated 24 hours a day, and by working a ten-hour day plus two hours of overtime, each employee could earn as much as seventy dollars a month. Bought by the Canadian Fishing Company for its herring and pilchard capacity in 1945, the plant closed when the pilchards disappeared. The buildings were eventually converted into a lodge for sports fishing.