Okisollo Channel

Okisollo Channel (50˚17'00" 125˚12'00" N and NE sides of Quadra I, N of Campbell R). Okisollo is an adaptation of a Kwakwala or Lekwala word meaning “channel” or “passageway.” When Capt George Vancouver travelled through this region in 1792, it was occupied by the Coast Salish tribes of the Island Comox. In the early 1800s, however, the Lekwiltok First Nation took control of Quadra I and the surrounding area and forced the Island Comox farther S. The Lekwiltok are part of the...

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