page_title: Nootka Sound
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nootka Sound / History
caption_attribution_description: Arrival of Capt. John Meares at Nootka harbour (Vancouver island) in 1788, where he intended to build a permanent British settlement. This scene shows Meares' ships firing canons and a cutter on the shore as natives in boats look on &amp; point to the activities on the beach where British flags are flying. From the French Edition of John Meares' Voyages, titled “Collection De Cartes Geographiques, Vues, Marines, Plans et Portraits Aux Voyages Du Capitaine J. Meares”. First published in England in 1790 and in France in 1794.
context_page_description: Nootka Sound is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island, part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played a historically important role in the maritime fur trade.
context_section_description: The inlet is part of the traditional territory of the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth people. They called it Mowichat. John R. Jewitt is an Englishman who describes the area in some detail in a memoir about his years as a captive of chief Maquinna from 1802 to 1805.
caption: John Webber's 'The launching of the North West America Ships of Meares at Nootka Sound in 1788
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