Clayoquot


Clayoquot (49˚10'00" 125˚56'00" E side of Stubbs I, just off Tofino, Clayoquot Sd), Clayoquot Sound (49˚12'00" 126˚06'00" Between Barkley Sd and Nootka Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Named after the resident Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, whose members are part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. The word is sometimes translated as “people of other tribes” and was spelled many different ways by early traders, including Clioquatt, Clayocuat, Klaooquat and Klahoquaht. In 1787, Capt Charles...

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