Nootka Island
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Nootka Island
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Logging was threatening a cherished sockeye salmon stream, Owossitsa Creek, at the north end of Nootka Island, where Western Forest Products was cutting.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
On Nootka Island and mainland B.C., most of the unprotected old growth is already logged and the harvest now is in second-growth.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2023
On Nootka Island, areas of uncut forest show the abundance that was.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2023
These ancient trees were among the most unusual pieces of evidence the Nuchatlaht have presented to prove that their people continuously lived on the claim area on Nootka Island.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2023
The ship sailed around Cape Horn to Nootka Island, one of the islands on the west coast of Vancouver Island between the forty-ninth and fiftieth parallel.
From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah
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