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Nootka Sound

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Nootka Sound
An inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the western coast of Vancouver Island in southwest British Columbia, Canada. It was explored by Capt. James Cook in 1778.


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When Captain Cook had first visited Nootka Sound some years earlier, he reported that indigenous people there practiced cannibalism on war captives.
The name nootkatensis relates to Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where the tree was believed to be discovered.
 
 
 
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