Nootka Sound

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coastal inlet geographic feature sound

Nootka Sound is a coastal inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, historically significant as a center of early contact and trade between Indigenous peoples and European explorers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nootka Sound canonical 4
Nootka Sound (fictional claim) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal inlet ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
sound ⓘ
connectedTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
disputedBy Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingYear 1778 ⓘ
firstVisitedBy James Cook in 1778 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity ecotourism ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
hasEcosystem temperate rainforest coast ⓘ
hasHarbour Friendly Cove ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Mowichat ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeople Mowachaht ⓘ
Muchalaht ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth peoples ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth
hasSettlement Friendly Cove ⓘ
Yuquot ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritoryOf Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation ⓘ
hasWildlife salmon ⓘ
sea otters ⓘ
whales ⓘ
historicalEvent Nootka Crisis ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
knownFor Nootka Crisis ⓘ
early contact between Indigenous peoples and European explorers ⓘ
maritime fur trade ⓘ
languageRegionOf Nuu-chah-nulth language ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth languages
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
locatedOn west coast of Vancouver Island ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Vancouver Island ⓘ
partOf North America ⓘ
Canada West Coast ⓘ
surface form: West Coast of Canada
region Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast
subjectOf Nootka Crisis ⓘ
surface form: Nootka Conventions
usedFor fishing ⓘ
logging ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
visitedBy British explorers ⓘ
George Vancouver ⓘ
James Cook ⓘ
Spanish explorers ⓘ
waterBodyType inlet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nootka Fault → namedAfter → Nootka Sound ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth peoples → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Nootka Sound ⓘ
Vancouver Expedition → visited → Nootka Sound ⓘ
James Keziah Delaney in Taboo → owns → Nootka Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: James Keziah Delaney
this entity surface form: Nootka Sound (fictional claim)
John Meares → areaOfActivity → Nootka Sound ⓘ