Chonat Bay

Chonat Bay (50˚18'00" 125˚18'00" NW end of Quadra I, N of Campbell R), Chonat Point (50˚18'00" 125˚19'00" N entrance to Chonat Bay). Chonat is the traditional First Nation name for this bay. According to historians Helen and Philip Akrigg, the word is Kwakwala for “where coho salmon are found.” The bay and point were named by Capt John Walbran of CGS Quadra about 1904. Chonat Lk was named later, in association with the other features. Chonat Bay was formerly known as Lake Bay....

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