Marvinas Bay

Marvinas Bay (49˚40'00" 126˚37'00" E side of Nootka I, N end of Cook Channel, Nootka Sd, W side of Vancouver I). According to coastal historian Capt John Walbran, Marvinas is a corruption of Mawina or Moweena, the Nuu-chah-nulth term for the bay. The name was adopted by early Spanish and British visitors to Nootka Sd, including Capt James Cook. Pioneer Roman Catholic missionary Augustin Brabant suggested that the name could be translated as “a village on the way or along the channel.” The...

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