Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to
Finlay River a mean rate of 600 cubic metres per second. Major tributaries of the Finlay include the Ospika, Ingenika, Warneford, Fox, Toodoggone, and Firesteel Rivers (the Ospika now enters Lake Williston directly, however). Located in a remote part of the province, there are no population centres along the river, however, there is a small First Nations community, Fort Ware, located at the junction of the Finlay and Warneford. Tatlatui Provincial Park protects the area of the Tatlatui Range, where Thutade Lake is located. The Finlay River is named for the explorer John Finlay, who travelled a short way up the river