The main Indigenous settlement at Yuquot ("windy place") is still important for the remaining Nuu-chah-nulth, many of whom work in pulp mills at Gold River and Campbell River. At first the Nuu-chah-nulth prospered from the sea-otter fur trade that followed European explorations, but the introduction of diseases such as smallpox virtually wiped them out. The Lost WhaleAuthor(s): Michael Parfit, Suzanne ChisholmThe heartbreaking and true story of a lonely orca named Luna who befriended humans in Nootka Sound. They hunt together, play together, and protect each other. That means they need others of their own kind to make them happy.
Orcas or killer whales are highly social animals. L-pod which was his extended family swam far away to the San Juan Islands.
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In the ensuing Nootka Sound Controversy, Spain eventually agreed to a convention (1794) according to which both nations were free to navigate and fish in the Pacific, to trade and establish settlements. In Nootka Sound, Luna found all the salmon he wanted for food. In 1789 a Spanish force occupied the sound and built a fort 2 months later a British force arrived and a quarrel developed. Soon after, the region became a centre of trade and then of competition among Russia, Britain and Spain. Cook first called the inlet King George's Sound, then Nootka Sound, thinking this was its Indigenous name. The sound was likely first explored by James Cook in 1778, although Peréz Hernandez had approached it 4 years earlier. Remaining alone in Nootka Sound, Luna was killed accidentally by a. The coastal environment was particularly bountiful in fish of many varieties, and the semisedentary Nuu-chah-nulth developed an elaborate culture. Septem March 10, 2006) also known as L98 or Tsuxiit, was a killer whale (orca) born in Puget Sound. They were the only Indigenous people in Canada to specialize in whaling and were the first in BC to meet Europeans. The first inhabitants of the region were the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), who made their living by hunting and fishing. One of these reaches 65 km inland to Strathcona Provincial Park, another to the sawmilling community of Tahsis. From a cluster of forested islands near the mouth of the sound, three deep inlets (Tahsis, Tlupana and Muchalat) penetrate inland.
L98 was re-sighted alone in July 2001 in Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. Nootka Sound, BC, is an inlet on Vancouver Island's western coast, 270 km northwest of Victoria. L98 (Luna) was first sighted in 1999 and A73 (Springer) in 2000 as their natal.
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