Salmon has always been a regal fish, and it is said that in the royal courts of the past, it was considered to be the greatest of delicacies. In fact, it was served at the coronation banquet of Henry V. And Pepys refers to a most satisfactory dinner he offered friends with a “jowl of Salmon” as the first course. It was known in the very early ages both in England and in France. Little wonder, then, that when Drake and his party found the Columbia River, they felt at home. Salted salmon was carried on many voyages of early explorers.
