Clayton Island


Clayton Island (52˚02'00" 127˚57'00" W side of Fisher Channel, off NE end of Hunter I, SE of Bella Bella), Clayton Passage (52˚09'00" 128˚05'00" W side of Kliktsoatli Hbr, NW side of Denny I, E of Bella Bella). John Clayton (1842–1910), originally from Leicester, England, came to the BC coast in 1873 and found employment with the HBC, first at Bella Coola (1874–77) and then at Fort McLoughlin, just S of Bella Bella (1878–82). Chief Factor William Charles described him as “a good...

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