Nootka Sound

American  

[noot-kuh sound, noot-] / ˈnut kə ˈsaʊnd, ˈnʊt- /

noun

1. 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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Nootka Sound

Clear-cut logging, low river flows, overfishing and a warming climate have put the salmon in Nootka Sound at risk.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

On Sept. 29, after the volatile summer, the fort was abandoned, and the Spanish returned to their home port at Vancouver Island’s Nootka Sound, never to return.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

There, Jonathan Pryce, as the company’s chairman, presides in highly entertaining fashion over the gargoylish protectors of multinational privilege who want to get their hands on Nootka Sound, preferably over Delaney’s dead body.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2017

This aspect of the story is loosely based on real history, and the Nootka Sound that Delaney owns is a real place on Vancouver Island.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2017

Unfortunately for the fame of Perez, the claim now maintained for him to the discovery of Nootka Sound, was kept secret by the Spaniards till after general consent had assigned it to Captain Cook.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers