Clayoquot, British Columbia

Clayoquot is a locality on Stubbs Island in the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island region of British Columbia, Canada, just northwest and offshore from the resort town of Tofino. Historically also known as Port Cox[1] after John Henry Cox and Co, merchants of Canton, who sent two ships to the area in 1787. The term Port Cox referred to the whole of Clayoquot Sound, for which reason a bay on the nearby Esowista Peninsula was given the name Cox Bay. [2] Ships frequently used this as a port of call during the days of the marine fur trade.

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References

  1. ↑ BC Names "Clayoquot (locality)"
  2. ↑ BC Names entry "Cox Bay (bay)"

Coordinates: 49°10′00″N 125°56′00″W / 49.16667°N 125.93333°W / 49.16667; -125.93333

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