Nanat Islet (48˚53'00" 125˚05'00" E side of Trevor Channel, S of Tzartus I, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Nanat was the head chief of the Huu-ay-aht (Ohiaht) First Nation in 1817, when Capt Camille de Roquefeuil visited SE Barkley Sd with the Bordelais. Roquefeuil circumnavigated the globe in 1816–19 on a trading voyage, attempting to find new markets for France. He anchored in Grappler Inlet, to which he gave the name Port Desire. Roquefeuil, who in 1823 published an account of his...
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