Clayoquot

CLAYOQUOT, on Stubbs Island in CLAYOQUOT SOUND, 2 km northwest of TOFINO on the west coast of VANCOUVER ISLAND, was the sound's commercial centre for many years. William E. BANFIELD, after whom BAMFIELD is named, built a fur-trading post here in 1855. Another store was run by Frederick Thornberg from 1874 to 1885. By the 1890s several businesses operated, as well as a hotel, school and post office. In the 20th century, the village gradually lost ground to Tofino; eventually, only the hotel...

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