February 16, 1943 - July 24, 2025
It is with great love and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our remarkable husband, father and grandfather George Haley.
Most people knew him as a family doctor, fur trapper, blacksmith, woodworker, fly fisherman and quintessential outdoorsman--- a true Renaissance man. But the role he held most dear was as a loving family man.
George was born in Santa Monica to Grace and Edgar Haley. He grew up mining tourmalines, hunting rattlesnakes and exploring the deserts of Southern California in his Willys Jeep. He attended McGill for his Master’s in Zoology and Dalhousie for medical school. After a brief return to California to marry the love of his life, they moved up to Northern BC in 1975, pursuing a lifelong dream of living among the forests, rivers and mountains.
George had many loves: his dogs, the northern lights, wolf howls, loon calls, the smell of autumn on his trapline, drifting on the Babine with his cane flyrod, the smell and smoothness of freshly sanded wood, his monthly fly-in clinics in Kwadacha and Tsay Keh, teaching medical students, laughing at a good joke, but most of all he loved his family: his beloved wife Liz; daughters Susie Butow (Bjorn), Katie Naphtali (Corey); and son Edgar Haley; and grandchildren Izzie, Ollie, Lily, Owen and Brooke. George is also mourned by his sister, Beth Flynn and family, and his brother Donald (Tami). We all deeply miss him.
A memorial gathering will be held at a later date.