Reference number: MC1049-D3

Place : Chatham
Date : c 1900

William Stewart Loggie (1850-1944) was the founder of W.S. Loggie Co in the Miramichi area. At the age of fourteen he had begun working as a clerk in the grocery and dry goods store of MacDougall and Snowball. In 1873, he opened his own retail store in Chatham, selling groceries and dry goods. In 1894 the business was incorporated and in 1907 the Chatham operation expanded with the purchase of warehouse space on Ritchie Wharf for a Wholesale Department and storage of fishing nets, lumber, etc.
The Company established branches at: Kouchibouquac and Shippagan both around 1876; Inkerman, Cape Bateau (Shippagan Island), Lower Caraquet, Tabusintac around 1887; Tracadie, Shediac in 1902; Hardwicke in 1899; and a few years later Petit Rocher and Dalhousie.
Factories, for canning or drying fish and processing blueberries were developed in response to these resources. They were frequently connected with a nearby branch and operated seasonally.
These very colourful labels were put on fish cans around 1900. W.S. Loggie canned both mackerel and salmon.