Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 9, 1997):
Kake Cannery, containing over a dozen buildings constructed from 1912 to 1940, demonstrates trends and technology in the Pacific salmon canning industry. Largely a self-contained facility, the cannery complex includes warehouses, cannery buildings, and housing for workers, all connected via boardwalks. Utilization of foreign contract labor, primarily Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and to a lesser extent, Korean, Mexican, and black workers, propelled salmon canning into Alaska's largest industry in the first half of the twentieth century.

Condition:
Several key buildings of the Landmark continue to deteriorate.

There are no additional changes to the landmark.