Cultus Sound

Cultus Sound (51˚54'00" 128˚13'00" W side of Hunter I, SW of Bella Bella). Cultus (or kultus) is a Chinook jargon word for “worthless” or “good for nothing.” In its broadest sense it simply means “bad.” (Chinook was a W coast lingua franca used by First Nation people and early traders and settlers.) The name presumably refers to the hazardous nature of the sound as an approach to Hunter Channel and Bella Bella. Many other geographical features in BC get their names from this word,...

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