In 1889 he and his partner Thomas Stockham of Victoria BC built a store on an island near the Opitsaht village. Later they purchased the store and hotel on Stubbs Island in Clayoquot Sound. His brother Clarence Dawley was their partner in some mining ventures. The brothers lived in Clayoquot Sound for 50 years.
He was one of the four principal buyers of seal skins on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Nicholson, George (1962)
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