Butedale was a former cannery that at it's peak ran 24 hours a day and house some 500 people of Native, Chinese and European decent, strangely they were all allowed to work together but weren't allowed to interact after work.
Today however Butedale is home to only one person, Lou, and is slowly falling into the ocean and being reclaimed by the forest.
We reached Butedale from Bishop Bay via the Princess Royal Channel, which is only slightly shorter and has a few more bends in it to differentiate it from Grenville.
This favorable topography makes Butedale a popular stop for pleasureboaters, and is probably one of the prime reasons a fishing camp was established here early in the early 1900s.
During the heyday of Butedale in the 1920s and 1930s, the town was run by the Canadian Fishing Co. Ltd., a fish-catching and processing operation incorporated in 1906.
All of Butedale's colorful buildings, its multi-tiered waterfall and scenic mountainous backdrop are all visually accessible from the comfort of your boat.
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