Laidlaw Islands

Laidlaw Islands (52˚38'00" 128˚49'00" W of Hastings I, off SW end of Princess Royal I). James Anderson Laidlaw 
(b 1836), a native of Scotland, arrived in BC’s Cariboo district in 1862 and later became prominent in the salmon-canning industry. He formed partnerships with such well-known businessmen as John Irving, Robert Rithet and Thomas Ladner to build and operate numerous canneries on the coast, including the Standard on the N coast, Queshela on Smith Inlet, Wannock on Rivers Inlet,...

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