Lamalchi Bay

Lamalchi Bay (48˚56'00" 123˚38'00" SW side of Kuper I, Gulf Is). A renegade Cowichan (Quw’utsun’) First Nation band known as the Lamalcha occupied a village on this bay in the 19th century. Lamalchi is an anglicized version of Hwlumelhtsu or Xwlemalhtse, the Island Halkomelem name for this location, meaning “lookout place.” In 1863, in one of the most sensational incidents in the history of the young colonies of BC and Vancouver I, a naval expedition was mounted against the Lamalcha,...

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