 He was succeeded as Metlakatla's preacher by the Reverend John Henry Keen.Ridley died May 25, 1911, in England.Ridley Island, now an industrial site near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is named for him, as are numerous Tsimshian extended families with the Ridley surname in Metlakatla, Alaska, and in Hartley Bay and Kitkatla, British Columbia.