6/14/2023 0 Comments Nootka shield![]() Protected by a group of small islands, Yuquot provided an excellent safe habour for ships.Īs Yuquot grew into an important trade centre (particularly for sea otter pelts), as did the colonial interests of the British and Spanish. ![]() Over the next few years, Yuquot became known as Friendly Cove by European traders and explorers. Interpreting the word ‘ nuutkaa‘ as a reference to the area, Cook renamed the inlet Nootka Sound and its inhabitants as the Nootka people. The Yuquot villagers instructed Cook to nuutkaa (‘go around’) with his ship into the harbour. In 1778, Captain James Cook became the first European to land on shore. In 1774, Spanish explorer Juan José Pérez Hernández arrived off the shore of Yuquot and called it ‘Santa Cruz.’ The surrounding area was quickly claimed by the Spanish. Yuquot from the air The arrival of the British and Spanish The village sits on a peninsula, between two beaches.Ĭonsidered the capital for the Nuu-chah-nulth nations, Yuquot was also the place where whaling, an intregral part of Nuu-chah-nulth culture, originated and developed. Yuquot means ‘where the wind blows from all directions’ in the Mowachaht/Muchalat language. They consider it to be the ‘center of the world.’ The village of Yuquot is located on the southeastern tip of Nootka Island and is the ancestral home of the Mowachaht-Muchalat First Nation. Nuu-chah-nulth means ‘all along the mountains and sea’ and includes members of fifteen nations along this coastline. The passage of water between Vancouver Island and Nootka Island is called Mowichat by the Nuu-chah-nulth people, who have lived in this area for thousands of years. Exploring the site of the abandoned Mowachaht fishing village of Aass, at Bajo Point Land of the Nuu-chah-nulth people
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