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Claxton
BC
Named after Frederic
"Fred" James Claxton
Claxton, Skeena River,
located at Telegraph Pass.
shown as
a rapidly growing town
12 miles from Port Essington,
30 Miles from Port Simpson,
and 30 Km SE of Prince Rupert.
530 miles north of Vancouver
Lat-
54°05'00"
Long- 130°05'00"
Part of Fire Insurance map, see EXT link below
Located on the main channel, the Steamers use,
between Victoria, Forks of the Skeena, and the Naas River.
It had a good wharf, capable of docking a steamer
at any time of the year.
population of 200 in 1893
Saw Mill and Salmon Canning at this point
Sawmill was powered by water from a flume.
They laid out a village with sidewalks, and even a large
store.
The "Royal Canadian Hotel" stood on the water front,
at the southern end of the village.
Horace E. Kirby was the Hotel Keeper.
His wife worked with him.
They were trying to promote the village as a health resort,
As a
Hot Springs were located within a 2 hour row.
All the other Canneries at this point,
were in the protected waters of the Skeena River.
This was the first Cannery location
built 8 miles from the mouth of the Skeena.
It was reputed to be the best located cannery of all.
Claxton was started by the Royal Canadian Packing Co.
Company was Incorporated Sept 19, 1891 at Claxton.
Mr. William Dalby was the President of the Company.
They owned the Sawmill, Cannery, and General Store.
Turner, Beeton & Co. from Victoria, were Agents for the store.
Sept 1891 the
Royal Canadian Packing Co.
was listed in the BC Gazette,
formed as an Association, with Limited Liability.
Promoters were J. A. Carthew, R. Finlayson,
W. Dalby,
and F. J. Claxton all of Victoria.
and Meyrick Banks, of Wigan, Leicester, England.
Meyrick Banks owned coalmines in England.
The Capital Stock was $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares.
The shares were limited to 50 years.
Principal place of business, was to be Claxton.
It was to be managed by Carthew, Finlayson and
Dalby.
They were incorporated to carry on business as Saw Mill owners,
Timber Merchants, Fish Packers, and Oil Manufacturers.
1902 owned by Wallace Bros. and later BC Packers
Everything closed in 1944, (1945 per directories)
Sawmill built in 1893, (per EXT link below)
First Japanese Photographer in BC worked here.
R. Z. Tashiro, see
Postcard Photographers
page
W. Dalby, C.G. Ballentyne, and
Fred J. Claxton, based in
Victoria,
were Directors/Owners in Dalby, Bannatyne &
Claxton,
Agents in The British Columbia Fire Insurance Company,
and The Royal Canadian Fire Insurance Company
Post Masters
at Claxton
(A Steamship arrived here weekly with mail etc. from
Nanaimo)
Andrew Stuart Robertson- Post Master -1894-1901
Duncan MacKenzie- Post Master -1902-1905 (possibly longer)
Jessie R. Wallace- Post Mistress -1910 (possibly earlier,
and also later)
(Steamer and launch service from Prince Rupert)
A. G. Smith- Post Master -1916
J. W. Willisley- Post Master -1922
Can't find much on this name, so maybe spelling is wrong
Thomas H. Bubb- Post Master -1925-1927
Seems the Canadian Government established a Post Office
here ca 1928
instead of possibly the Company operated one prior to this.
C. S. Lewis- 1928
W. F. Duncan- 1929
John A. Clark -1930
Office shown vacant in 1931
J. P. McMillan- 1932-1934
Angus Currie-1935-1945
Residents, Owners,
etc
besides names below, numerous fishermen, saw mill workers,
and boat builders were located here.
1894
James Rudland- Store Keeper (also 1897)
J. A. Carthew- Manager of the Sawmill and Cannery
and was instrumental in forming this community
F. W. Johnstone- Notary Public (also 1897, 1900)
(He was a Notary in Vancouver before this)
Horace Kirby- Hotel Keeper (also 1897, 1900)
His wife worked with him. See hotel info above.
Henry Nelson- Bandmaster (also 1900)
a Band??
1897
Rev. R. W. Gurd- Church of England (also 1900, 1904)
Newspaper showed a village church here.
The land and wood to build the Church was donated
by the Royal Canadian Packing Co.
He was married and had spent 7 years in the area, by 1893
A. Stuart Robertson- JP, Post Master, and Manager (also
1900)
Feb 1, 1899
Royal Canadian Canning Company's property sold
by auction to a Mr. S. D. Schultz, for Eastern and Local Capitalists.
He paid $27,500, considered a real bargain at the time.
Auctioneer Mr. Joshua Davies by order of the mortgagees
150 acres of land, dwelling houses, cabins, store and stock of goods,
a complete canning establishment, sawmill, boats, nets and gear.
New Owners were part of the original shareholders.
1900
Dr. Vernon Ardagh- Physician- C. M. S. and hospital, also Metlakkatla
1902
Wallace Bros. Packing Co. Ltd. operated here
owned by
John and Peter Wallace, originally from Kildonan Scotland.
Thomas Whiteside- JP and Foreman
Sept 1909
Wallace Bros. intended to erect
a fish freezing plant that cost $1.5 million dollars
1910
R. Cunningham and Son- were operating the sawmill here.
see
Port Essington for
more info on them
Standard Cannery Canning Co. of BC were here
plus Wallace Bros. Packing Co. Ltd., fish packers and
exporters
1911
Wallace Fisheries Ltd. bought the Cannery
from Wallace Bros. Packing Co. Ltd.
1916
Steamer and launch service from Prince Rupert
Owned by the Cassiar Packing Co. -Manager, Peter Wallace.
Cold Storage Plant here.
1922
Wallace Fisheries Ltd.-Thomas Wallace Manager
1923
Kildala Packing Co. Ltd.- Carl Grafstrom, Manager
Wallace Fisheries
Angus McAllister- Cold Storage Engineer
1930
Claxton Cannery- BC Packers- Harvey Atchison Foreman
Carlisle Cannery- Canadian Fishing Company, A. D.
Matheson,
Manager salmon cannery
1945
Canadian Government Postmaster- Angus Currie
who was also last manager of the Carlisle cannery
Bios and
Genealogy of names above
Frederic "Fred" James Claxton
b- Apr 26,1856, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d- Jan 9, 1947 in San Francisco, CA, age 90
buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA, USA
Came from Montreal Apr 1890, retuned to Montreal,
Then returned with his wife and family in middle of May, 1890,
as he was joining the real estate firm of Dably & Ballantyne.
1920 US census shows him as an accountant for Jobbing Co.
in Oakland, Alameda, CA
daughters Enid and Agnes living with him and his wife
both daughters shown as married but no husbands shown.
Father- Thomas James Claxton
d- Jan 14, 1900
buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal
Merchant in Montreal
Mother- Jane Cridiford
d- Jan 26, 1912
buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal
married Christina "Christine" MacDonald Robertson, Sept 5,
1878, Montreal, Quebec
b- age 32 in 1891
d- Mar 27, 1948 in CA
buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA, USA
daughter of Andrew Robertson and ?
both born in Scotland
same Andrew Robertson as the first postmaster above? my guess is yes.
4 children I know of:
daughter- Enid Robertson Claxton
b- June 14, 1879, age 30 in 1910, in Quebec
d- Dec 1966, San Francisco, CA
buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA, USA
daughter- Agnes Robertson Claxton
b- ca 1884, age 26 in 1910, in Quebec
d- Jan 19, 1970 in CA
buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, CA, USA
son- Fritz Robertson Claxton
b- Aug 8, 1888, in Montreal, Quebec
d- Nov 13, 1968, Berkeley, Alameda, CA
1940- Department Head, Banker, in Berkeley.
married Irma V. Young, Nov 22, 1913 in Berkeley, Alameda, CA
b- ca 1888, in CA
daughter- Marjorie H. Claxton- b- ca 1918 in CA
daughter- Violet Paton Robertson Claxton
b- Jan 26, 1893 in Victoria, BC
d- ?
Emigrated to us in 1901 per 1920 census
William Dalby
b- Jan 28, 1839 Richmond Hill, Upper Canada
d- Jan 22, 1916 at his home in Victoria BC, age 76
Came to Victoria in 1862
Mayor of Victoria 1873-1875, also JP
Grand Master in the Masonic Lodge of BC
He married twice.
(1) Sarah Jane Robinson Moody, 1866
(2) Susan Netherby, 1889.
second daughter of S.B. Netherby, of Vancouver.
John Alexander Carthew
b- Apr 14, 1857 in NS
d- Feb 28, 1914 in Prince Rupert BC
He was also involved in ownership of North Pacific Cannery
son of William Carthew and Elizabeth Murdic
married Caroline "Carrie" Eliza Pratt, Dec 3, 1888 in Victoria.
Roderick David Finlayson
b- June 15, 1867 in Victoria
d- May 7, 1916 Beach Dr, Oak Bay BC
Son of Roderick Finlayson and Sarah Work
married Lilias Mary Alla Grahame, Sept 5, 1907 in Victoria BC.
Horace Ebenezer Kirby
b- ca 1840
d- July 11, 1915, Port Essington BC, age 75
inventor and held the patent on smoking and curing fish
patent # 657,877 - patented -Sept 11, 1900
Rev. Robert Winter Gurd
born- birth registered as Robert
William Gurd
b- bet Apr-June 1856, Bristol England
d- Feb 19, 1915 in Metlakatla BC, age 58
son of Robert Gurd and Jane Morris,
parents were married bet July-Sept 1850 in Bristol, England
married Eliza Hamley, Oct 10, 1887 in Victoria
BC
Dr. Vernon Edmund Russel Ardagh
b- ca 1864 in India
d- Feb 6, 1944 in Coquitlam, BC, age 80
July 1885 passed his exams at
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Edinburgh.
in 1920 living with his family in Kitwanga BC
married Emma Frances Thelwall
married bet Jan-Mar 1889 in Barnstable Reg Dist, Devon,
England
He had children born in Metlakatla
Fenwick Williams Johnstone
b- Aug 14, 1857, Halifax NS, age 55 in 1912
d- Nov 8, 1926 in Vancouver BC, age 69
son of James William Johnstone,
b- Jamaica, shown as a Judge in 1871
and Louise Pryor, b- NS
1891 and 1901 census shows him as a Barrister in New Westminster, Burrard BC
Shown as an Accountant in 1912
Married (1) ?
she died, as he remarried shown as a widower
married (2) Jessie Murphy, nee White,
married Dec 12, 1912, St.
Andrew's Church, Vancouver BC
b- Quebec
she was shown as a widow
daughter of Francis White and Margaret Gorrie
Jessie Robinson Wallace
b- ca 1873 in Greenville ON
d- Dec 14, 1938 in Vancouver BC, age 65
daughter of Peter Wallace, the co-owner of the cannery, and Charlotte Heney
(Haney?)
married Frances Edmund Burke, Sept 24, 1913 in Vancouver BC
Thomas H. Bubb
b- ca 1856
d- Mar 19, 1937 in Prince Rupert, age 81
buried in Fairview Cemetery, in Prince Rupert
He was married to an Olive Bubb, he applied for a divorce in 1917.
James Rudland
b- ca 1857
d- ?
he was a member of the Metlakatla First Nation Band
married Sarah Tucker, July 1, 1876 in Metlakatla BC
They had children in Metlakatla and Port Essington
He also operated a store in Metlakatla
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Claxton Info
http://knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/C/Claxton
Pictures
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/FMIB_44426_Claxton_Cannery%2C_Claxton%2C_Skeena_River%2C_B_C_Owned_by_Wallace_Bros_Pkg_Co_Ltd.jpeg
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/journalimages/MCR/1991/Vol_33/mcr33art03_fig3.jpg
http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sawmill-at-claxton
http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/claxton-cannery
Appraisal Map 1943
http://www.richmond.ca/__shared/assets/Claxton_Cannery_-_Full-Size_Map19562.PDF
#16 on map on this page
http://www.e-princerupert.com/economy/Canneries_Skeena_Rupert_1.htm
Cannery maps
Library and Archives Canada site
Fred Claxton Family fonds
photo albums etc kept at Library and Archives Canada
171 b/w photos- not online sad to say
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=198809&rec_nbr_list=198809
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