Kyuquot Sound

Kyuquot Sound

Kyuquot Sound is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the western coast of the Strathcona Regional District.

Name

Kyuquot Sound is named after the Kyuquot people, who are of the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht peoples by culture and language (incorrectly known as "Nootka"). Their local government, based at Kyuquot, British Columbia, is the Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation which is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.

Geography

History

ee also

*Kyuquot (whale)
*British Columbia Coast
*Quatsino Sound
*Nootka Sound
*Clayoquot Sound
*Barclay Sound

External links

* [http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=38597 Kyuquot Sound] , BCGNIS


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