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Vancouver Island
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British Columbia
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Sound
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Sarita River
The Sarita River is an approximately -long river on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, just north of the hamlet of Bamfield.
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Effingham River Effingham may refer to:
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Toquart River
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Pacific Ocean
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Broken Group
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Barkley Sound, also known historically as Barclay Sound, is south of
Ucluelet
Ucluelet (, also Ukee) is a district municipality (population 1,717) on the Ucluelet Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Ucluelet means "people of the safe harbour" in the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth ...
and north of
Bamfield
Bamfield is a community that is surrounded by Crown Land, First Nation Lands belonging to the Huu-ay-aht Nations, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, located on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The community, wi ...
on the west coast of Vancouver Island and forms the entrance to the
Alberni Inlet. The
Broken Group archipelago lies in the sound. Barkley Sound is part of the traditional territory of the
Nuu-cha-nulth First Nations. In 1787, Captain
Charles William Barkley of , explored the sound and named it after himself. Barkley traveled with his 17-year-old bride,
Frances Barkley Frances Barkley was wife of Captain Charles William Barkley, who traveled with him. She is considered to be the first European woman to have ever visited Canada's west coast. Frances was the first woman to sail around the world without deception. On ...
, the first European woman to visit what is now British Columbia.
In 1791, the Spanish ship , under
Juan Carrasco and
José María Narváez, explored Barkley Sound in detail. The Spanish named it Boca de Carrasco. Another Spanish name in common use at the time was Entrada Nitinat.
In 1933, 27 years after the sinking of , the ship's lifeboat #5 was found floating in Barkley Sound. Remarkably, it was in good condition, with much of the original paint remaining. The boat's nameplate is now on display in the
Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
External links
Barkley Sound page, VancouverIsland.com
References
Alberni Valley
Barkley Sound region
Sounds of British Columbia
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