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Clayoquot

Clayoquot is an anglicization of the Nuu-chah-nulth language name "Tla-o-qui-aht", one of the indigenous tribes of the region so named. It may refer to:

  • Clayoquot, British Columbia, historically also known as Port Cox, a community on Stubbs Island, just northwest of Tofino, British Columbia
  • Clayoquot Sound and the associated region, including:
    • the Clayoquot River
      • Clayoqua 6, an Indian Reserve at the mouth of that river
    • Clayoquot Arm Provincial Park
    • Clayoquot Plateau Provincial Park
  • the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, a band government of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, incorporating a number of historical tribes including:
    • the Tla-o-qui-aht people (the two other groups comprising the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations are the Hesquiaht and the Ahousaht)
  • HMCS Clayoquot, a Canadian minesweeper sunk in World War II

Usage examples of "clayoquot".

March found him trading south of Nootka at Clayoquot, named Hancock, after the governor of Massachusetts.

Boston for a second voyage September 28, 1790, and reached Clayoquot on the west coast of Vancouver Island on June 5, 1791.

American sloop moored in Clayoquot, south of Nootka, where Gray found Kendrick ready to sail for China by September.