Nootka Sound

[ noot-kuh-sound, noot- ]

noun

an inlet of the Pacific Ocean within British Columbia, Canada, separating Nootka Island and Vancouver Island: briefly known as King George’s Sound, as named by explorer James Cook in 1778.

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Its exact locality has not yet been settled, but probably it may soon be found along the gulf of California, or near Nootka Sound.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
From Labrador to Nootka Sound the unchecked, uncontrolled will of a single individual gives law to the land.
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory | John M'lean
Strong seeing there was no alternative, let the matter drop, and all things went on harmoniously till we arrived at Nootka Sound.
Torrey's Narrative | William Torrey
Alluding probably to the Nootka Sound controversy then pending between these courts.
Washington in Domestic Life | Richard Rush
Nootka Sound and the Sandwich islands discovered by Captain Cook.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell

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