Finlayson Canal, also referred to as the “Finlayson Channel”, is located on the west
side of Roderick Island, British Columbia and extends north from Milbanke Sound. Captain Charles Dodd who served on the steamer Beaver (1845), named the canal. Dodd named it after Roderick Finlayson who was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and described as one of the company's most trusted servants.1