Printing History
First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press Inc. 1945 First published in Penguin Books 1978 Reissued in Penguin Books 1986 Copyright John Steinbeck, 1937 Copyright renewed John Steinbeck, 1965

cities mentioned in Cannery Row

sketch of Cannery Row sites
based on text descriptions, arranged by page number from the Penguin 1986 edition

Palace Flophouse, Western Biological {122-3} And the Palace Flophouse and Grill began to function. The boys could sit in front of their door and look down across the track and across the lot and across the street right into the front windows of Western Biological.... And their eyes followed Doc across the street when he went to Lee Chong's for beer. Bear Flag, lot, Lee Chong {126-7} Lee Chong's is to the right of the vacant lot.... Up in back of the vacant lot is the railroad track and the Palace Flophouse. But on the left-hand boundary of the lot is the stern and stately whore house of Dora Flood.... In a moment of local love, Dora named her place the Bear Flag Restaurant. Hediondo Cannery {132} He came by just at dusk and crossed the street and through the opening between Western Biological and the Hediondo Cannery. La Ida, Bear Flag, lot, Lee Chong's {197-8} On such a morning and in such a light two soldiers and two girls strolled easily along the street. They had come out of la Ida.... Past the Bear Flag they went and said "Hiya," to the bouncer who was scratching his stomach. They listened to the snores from the pipes and laughed a little. At Lee Chong's they stopped and looked into the messy display window where tools and clothes and food crowded for attention. Swinging their hands and scuffling their feet, they came to the end of Cannery Row and turned up to the railroad track.... Then they went past the boat works and turned down into the park-like property of the Hopkins Marine Station. There is a tiny curved beach in front of the station.... Red Williams, Holman's {212} Henri the painter was occupied, for Holman's Department Store had employed not a flag-pole sitter but a flag-pole skater.... Henri had taken up his post across the street at Red Williams' gas station . Holman's {224> Richard walked sturdily down the hill through the pines until he came to Lighthouse Avenue. He turned left and went up toward Holman's. La Ida, boat works {235} The noise [of the party] could be heard from the boat works * to La Ida. Palace, Lighthouse {252} "You see how they [the boys at the Palace] are sitting facing this way? Well—in about half an hour the Fourth of July Parade is going to pass on Lighthouse Avenue. ... and by walking two short block s they can be right beside it." * the Monterey Boat Works is just across Monterey's city line on Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove (between Cannery Row and the Hopkins Marine Center) - see Knox and Rodriguez, p 11.