Yuquot


YUQUOT  () , meaning "windy place," also known as Friendly Cove, is a traditional summer village of the Mowachaht, a FIRST NATION of the NUU-CHAH-NULTH (Nootka) people. It is located at the south end of Nootka Island at the mouth of NOOTKA SOUND on the west coast of VANCOUVER ISLAND. Archaeologists have discovered signs of habitation going back at least 4,200 years and it is one of the longest continuously occupied sites on the coast (see...

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