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Junior Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island north of Great Central Lake, north east of Oshinow Lake.
Nine Peaks is a mountain featuring numerous peaks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Tofino and 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Big Interior Mountain.
The 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake occurred in British Columbia, Canada at 12:41 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 6. The earthquake was most likely of the strike-slip type, and was estimated to have a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter was located east of the Stewardson inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, with damage occurring at the Estevan Point lighthouse on the Hesquiat Peninsula. The event registered 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale and was felt as far as northern Washington state and the interior of British Columbia.
The Kiišḥniqʷus Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 11,012 hectares of land. It covers part of the Sydney River valley and most of the area between the Sydney Inlet and the Shelter Inlet. It borders the Sydney Inlet Provincial Park to its west, the Strathcona Provincial Park to its east and the Sulphur Passage Provincial Park to its southeast.
The Hesquiat Peninsula is a peninsula on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, located northwest of the town of Tofino and Clayoquot Sound and Nootka Sound to the northwest. It marks the division between the two regions formed by those sounds and is named for the Hesquiaht people of the Nuu-chah-nulth, and is the location of Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park. The Estevan Point lighthouse is at the apex of the peninsula.`
Sydney Inlet Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of the settlement of Hot Springs Cove and northwest of the resort town of Tofino. Originally named Sydney Inlet, the post office served the area from 1947 to 1948 before being renamed Hot Springs Cove. It closed in 1974.
website: https://bcparks.ca/sydney-inlet-park/
The Kʷuḥaa Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 1,916 hectares of land. It is covers most of the coast of the Stewardson Inlet and part of the Sydney Inlet, south of the Sydney Inlet Provincial Park.
Tseshaht First Nation is an amalgamation of many tribes up and down Alberni Inlet and in the Alberni Valley of central Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council which includes all other Nuu-chah-nulth-aht peoples except the Pacheedaht First Nation.
website: https://tseshaht.com/
The Hupacasath First Nation is a First Nations government based in the Alberni Valley on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. An alternate spelling of Hupacasath is Opetchesaht or Opitchesaht. Hupacasath First Nation consists of approximately 300 members across five reserves.
website: https://www.hupacasath.ca/
The Weyerhaeuser Arena is part of the Alberni Valley Multiplex, between the North Island College campus and the Bob Dailey Stadium in Port Alberni, British Columbia. It has twin ice sheets for hockey, figure skating and recreational skating but also has the capacity for concerts, conventions and other events.
Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS), formerly known as Alberni District High School (ADHS), is the only secondary school in Port Alberni. It is a part of School District 70 Alberni.
The Alberni Pacific Railway is a heritage railway originating in Port Alberni, British Columbia. The Alberni Pacific Railway returned to operations along the Port Alberni Waterfront in Summer of 2024, and is expected to run until the end of September. The Santa Train will also return in 2024 along with other popular events.
website: https://www.islandrail.ca/rail/port-alberni-railway/
Alberni Valley is a broad valley located at the head of Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is home to Port Alberni, Sproat Lake and other outlining areas. The term is largely used as a synonym for Greater Port Alberni and adjoining communities but is used in a larger regional sense as well. Various local organizations and companies use the term "Alberni Valley" in their name, e.g. the Alberni Valley Times and Alberni Valley News newspapers the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs minor hockey team. The Canadian pioneer, Joe Drinkwater lived in Alberni Valley during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in the Alberni Valley of central Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of the city of Port Alberni on the east bank of the Stamp River. Beaver Creek had its own post office from July 1, 1890, to November 30, 1939.
CJAV-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting on 93.3 FM in Port Alberni, British Columbia. The station currently broadcasts an adult contemporary format branded on-air as 93.3 The Peak and is owned by Jim Pattison Group.
website: http://www.933thepeak.com/
Somass River is a river on Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 1,412 square kilometres (545 sq mi) in size.
Port Alberni Mill is a paper mill located in the Canadian town of Port Alberni, British Columbia, on the edge of the Alberni Inlet. Part of Paper Excellence, the mill has two paper machines which produce 336,000 tonnes. Port Alberni Mill produces directory, lightweight coated paper, and specialty papers. The mill's papers are used in telephone directories, catalogues, magazines, brochures, inserts, flyers, and in food grade applications. The mill has 310 employees as of 2020.
Le Pensionnat indien d'Alberni, (en anglais : Alberni Indian Residential School) est un Pensionnat pour Autochtones situé Port Alberni, de 1891 à 1973. Il est situé au sud de la réserve indienne de Tsahaheh 1 et à environ quatre kilomètres au nord de Port Alberni. Cette école est connue pour la maltraitance sur mineur systématiques du personnel enseignant sur les enfants. Le pensionnat a aussi été ciblé pour mener des expériences nutritionnelles sur les enfants, entre 1948 et 1952.
Street address: 4283 Glenside Rd, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 5W9 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.arrowsmithchurch.com/
Street address: 5580 Beaver Creek Road, Port Alberni, BC V9Y (from Wikidata)
Klehkoot Indian Reserve 2 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
Street address: 4717 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 1W2 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.landmarkcinemas.ca
Street address: 1st Avenue and Argyle Street, Port Alberni, BC V9Y (from Wikidata)
Clayoquot Land District is one of the 59 land districts of British Columbia, Canada, which are part of the cadastral divisions of British Columbia, created with rest of those on Vancouver Island via the Lands Act of the Colony of Vancouver Island. The British Columbia government's BC Names system, a subdivision of GeoBC, defines a land district as "a territorial division with legally defined boundaries for administrative purposes". All land titles and surveys use the Land District system as the primary point of reference, and entries in BC Names for placenames and geographical objects are so listed.
The ʔuuʔinmitis Conservancy (oo-in-MIT-is) is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 22,880 hectares of land. It covers the area north and east of the Bedwell Sound. It borders the Strathcona Provincial Park to its north and the Unaacuł-Ḥiłsyakƛis Conservancy and the Tranquil Creek Provincial Park to its southeast.
The ƛułp̓ic Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 1,168 hectares of land. It covers parts of the northern coast of Meares Island. It borders the Wanačas-Hiłḥuuʔis Conservancy to its south.
Ahousaht, also spelled Ahousat ( or ), is the principal settlement on Flores Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Accessible only by water or air, Ahousaht is a small community predominantly composed of Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation people.
website: http://www.nuuchahnulth.org/
Ahousaht First Nation is a First Nation government based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It administers the community of Ahousaht, British Columbia, which encompasses much of Clayoquot Sound. The Ahousaht are a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. It is led by Chief A-in-chut (meaning 'everyone depends on you') Shawn Atleo and the Taayi Haw̓ił - Maquinna (Lewis George).
website: https://www.ahousaht.ca/
Hot Springs Cove, formerly Refuge Cove, is an unincorporated settlement on Sydney Inlet on West Coast of Vancouver Island. It is located on the west side of the Openit Peninsula in the western Clayoquot Sound region. Hot Springs Cove derives its name from its proximity to Ramsay Hot Springs, and is protected by Maquinna Marine Provincial Park. The post office at Hot Springs Cove was closed in 1974 but had operated since 1947, when it was first named Sydney Inlet until being renamed in 1948. Despite the closure of the post office, there remains a year-round population in the vicinity.
Marktosis, also spelled Maaqtusiis in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, is one of the principal settlements of Ahousaht First Nation, located off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, just southeast of the Hesquiat Peninsula on Flores Island. Accessible only by water or air, Marktosis is a small community predominantly composed of First Nations people from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation. Marktosis has approximately 900 residents.
The Ahousaht Wildside Heritage Trail is a hiking trail on Flores Island, British Columbia, Canada in Ahousaht Traditional Territories that connects the town of Ahousat, the village of Marktosis, to several beaches and wild forest and is 11 km (6.8 mi) long one way ending in Cow Bay. The trail features signage at locations important to the Ahousat people; further information about each location of importance is shared in a guidebook published by Elder Stanley Sam.
The Ahousaht Indian Residential School was a school within the Canadian Indian residential school system that operated in Ahousaht, British Columbia from 1904 to 1940. The school was located on Flores Island south of the Marktosis Indian Reserve #15, on land owned by the Women's Missionary Society.
Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve situated in Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. A diverse range of ecosystems exist within the biosphere reserve boundaries, including temperate coastal rainforest, ocean and rocky coastal shores.
Freedom Cove is an artificial island in Cypress Bay near Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada. It was built by artists Wayne Adams and Catherine King. Construction began in the summer of 1991 and has continued to the present day. The island consists of a dozen platforms that include greenhouses, an art gallery, an art studio and a dance floor, built atop recycled fish-farming structures.
The Waʔuus Č̓aʔakm̓inḥ Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 52 hectares of land. It covers parts of the Meares Island. It borders the ƛułp̓ic Conservancy to its north.
The Č̓icy̓i Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 9,269 hectares of land. It covers the central and eastern part of Flores Island and part of its northwest.
Alberni Inlet (formerly known as Alberni Canal) is a long, narrow inlet in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that stretches from the Pacific Ocean at Barkley Sound about 54.3 km (34 mi) inland terminating at Port Alberni. It was named by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza after Pedro de Alberní y Teixidor, Captain of the Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia who was appointed in the Spanish fort in Nootka Sound from 1790 to 1792. The inlet includes traditional territories of the Ucluelet, Uchucklesaht, Huu-ay-aht, Hupacasath, and Tseshaht peoples, who are part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council people.
Sproat Narrows är ett sund i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
Uchuck Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island north west of head of Uchucklesit Inlet on the north side of lower Alberni Inlet.
Elhlateese Indian Reserve 2 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot och provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Elhlateese Indian Reserve 2 ligger vid sjön Henderson Lake.
Esowista Indian Reserve No. 3, also known as Esowista 3, is an Indian reserve located on the Esowista Peninsula (which was named for it) in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the head of Wickaninnish Bay, just east of Schooner Cove, it is part of the group of reserves under the governance of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. Its population in 2006 was 160.
The Esowista Peninsula is a peninsula in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The name was adopted in 1934 in reference to Esowista Indian Reserve No. 3. The name originally applied to the neck of land between Templar Channel and Browning Passage, centred at 49°08′N 125°54′W to the whole neck of land from Grice Bay, Long Beach and Tofino. It was originally charted as Low Peninsula by the Royal Navy in 1860. Much of the peninsula is within the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
RCAF Station Tofino (ADC ID: C-36) was a Second World War and Cold War-era Royal Canadian Air Force Radar station located in British Columbia. It was located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southeast of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada.
The ʔaʔukmin Conservancy (ah-OOK-meen) is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 11,267 hectares of land. It covers most of the area between the two arms of Kennedy Lake as well as the area between Clayoquot Arm Provincial Park and Clayoquot Plateau Provincial Park. It also borders the Unaacuł-Ḥiłsyakƛis Conservancy to its northwest.
The Wanačas-Hiłḥuuʔis Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 5,366 hectares of land. It covers parts of the Meares Island. It borders the ƛułp̓ic Conservancy to its north.
The Unaacuł-Ḥiłsyakƛis Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 18, 2024, the conservancy covers 12,104 hectares of land. It covers parts of the coast of the Tofino Inlet. It borders the Tranquil Creek Provincial Park and the ʔuuʔinmitis Conservancy to its northwest, the Clayoquot Arm Provincial Park and the ʔaʔukmin Conservancy to its east.
Esowista Indian Reserve 3 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
Clayoquot, Stubbs Island, is virtually a ghost town on the west coast of central Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The former steamboat landing is about 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) by boat northwest of Tofino, which is by road about 172 kilometres (107 mi) west of Parksville at the terminus of BC Highway 4.
Templar Channel is a channel in the Clayoquot Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, lying between Lennard Island and Wickaninnish Island just northwest of the town of Tofino. An anchor was found in the channel that is possibly from the wreck of the Tonquin, an American trading ship that was destroyed in the area in 1811.
CHMZ-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts at 90.1 FM in Tofino, British Columbia. It is rebroadcast via an Internet stream on 99.5 FM CIMM-FM in Ucluelet. Collectively, the stations are labelled as Tuff City Radio Programming targets regional news and events as well as a focus on emerging Canadian artists. Both stations are on-air twenty four hours a day, year round.
website: http://www.tuffcityradio.rocks/
Fort Defiance was a small outpost that the crew of the Columbia Rediviva built as winter quarters during 1791–1792 on Meares Island in present-day British Columbia, Canada. American merchant and maritime fur trader Captain Robert Gray was in command.
Opitsaht, spelled also as Opitsat and Opitsitah, is a First Nations settlement/community in the Southwest area of Meares Island, Clayoquot South, British Columbia. This peninsula-like region is the home to Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth nation. The Tla-o-qui-aht are an Indigenous group from the Pacific Northwest region in the lower Vancouver area, known for their lifestyle revolving around the marine life trade and culture within the community.
Poole's Land was an eco-village and a countercultural intentional community in Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, that existed between 1988 and 2020. Operated by founder Michael Poole, the community functioned as a popular tourist destination as well as a place of low-cost residence and accommodation, particularly for seasonal workers working over the summer months. Residents were encouraged to participate in a hippie lifestyle, living in camp-like conditions with an emphasis on sustainability and a community culture that espoused empathy as a core value and that was highly tolerant of soft drug use. Poole's Land came to an end due to a combination of dissatisfaction by local authorities, the failing health of its founder, and the COVID-19 pandemic paralysing operations.
The Sup̓itsaqtuʔis Conservancy is a conservancy in British Columbia, Canada. Established on June 26, 2024, the conservancy covers 1,272 hectares of land. It covers the northeastern part of Vargas Island.
On October 25, 2015, the whale watching boat Leviathan II broached in the vicinity of Plover Reef off the coast of Vargas Island near Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. The 20 m (66 ft) vessel was struck by a breaking wave over the reefs and its sinking resulted in the deaths of 6 of its 27 passengers
Street address: 380 Campbell Street, Tofino, BC (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.tourismtofino.com/clayoquot-sound-community-theatre, https://www.tofinotheatre.com/about
The Pelham Range is a small mountain range on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Sarita and between the Sarita River and the Alberni Inlet. It has an area of 52 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.
The Broughton Peaks are a group of low mountain summits west of the south end of Effingham Inlet, to the north of Bamfield in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Kildonan is an unincorporated community in the Alberni Inlet-Barkley Sound region of the west coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The former steamboat landing and ferry dock is on the east shore of Uchuchklesit Inlet, which branches northwest of the lower reaches of Alberni Inlet. Adjacent to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, the locality is by road and ferry about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Port Alberni.
The Central Pacific coastal forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) categorization system.
The Broken Group is a group of small islands and islets in the middle of Barkley Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is protected as the Broken Islands Group Unit of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, which includes Long Beach, between Ucluelet and Tofino to Barkley Sound's northwest, and the West Coast Trail between Port Renfrew and Bamfield, to the southeast. The group, which lies between Imperial Eagle and Loudon Channels, includes the Brabant Islands and Hand Island, but not Pinkerton Islands. The southernmost of the group is Cree Island; the easternmost is Reeks Island. Benson Island, on the northwest corner of the Broken Group, is an important cultural site for the Tseshaht First Nation.
HMCS Thiepval was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). After seeing service on Canada's east coast at the end of the First World War, Thiepval was transferred to the west coast, where she spent the remainder of her career. In 1924, Thiepval visited the Soviet Union and Japan as part of the support efforts for a round-the-world flight attempt. Thiepval struck a rock and sank off the British Columbia coast in 1930, and her wreck has since become a popular attraction for divers.
Sachsa Indian Reserve 4 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
Numukamis Indian Reserve 1 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
CIMM-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a community radio format at 99.5 FM in Ucluelet, western Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The station is branded as Ukee Radio (formerly Long Beach Radio). It serves the Long Beach area owned by McBride Communications.
website: http://www.995ukeeradio.canic.ws/
Clakamucus Indian Reserve 2 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot och provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.
The Huu-ay-aht First Nations is a First Nations based on Pachena Bay about 300 km (190 mi) northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in Canada. The traditional territories of the Huu-ay-aht make up the watershed of the Sarita River. The Huu-ay-aht is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and is a member of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society. It completed and ratified its community constitution and ratified the Maa-nulth Treaty on 28 July 2007. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia passed the Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act on Wednesday, 21 November 2007 and celebrated with the member-nations of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society that evening.
website: https://huuayaht.org/
Kiix-in, or Kiix?in , earlier romanized as Keeshan, was the principal residence of the Huu-ay-aht (Ohiaht) group of the Nuu-chah-nulth people. The name is onomatopoeic, and comes from the sound of waves crashing against the rocks below the village. It was initially romanised as "Keeshan", but was redesignated "Kiix-in (Former First Nation Village)" in line with the Maa-nulth Treaty.
Anacla Indian Reserve 12 är ett reservat i Kanada. Det ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa.