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Tofino (Vancouver Island, V0R 2Z0)
1. Ahousat / Brabant Channel / Islands / Catface Range / Estevan Point / Flores Island / Hesquiat Harbour Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Ahousat from a Nootka Indian word probably meaning 'facing opposite from the ocean,' Captain Walbran (in his fine British Columbia Coast Names) notes that the name can be translated as 'people living with their backs to the land and mountains' and
2. Clayoquot / Clayoquot Sound Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
After the Clayoquot Indians, whose name has been given a remarkable range of translations. G.M. Sproat (see Sproat Lake) said that it meant 'another [i.e., different] people,' while Dr. Brown (see Brown's River)
3. Marktosis / Hot Springs Cove / Openit Peninsula / Mount Seghers Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Hot Springs Cove - The Indian name for these springs was 'Mak-seh-kla-chuck,' meaning 'smoking water.'
4. Opitsat Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
Opitsat - Possibly from the Nootka Indian word meaning 'place having an island in front.'
5. Tofino (District) / Blunden Island / Harbour / Rock / Passage / Ecowista Peninsula / Grice Bay / Lemmens Inlet Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 725-3229 - Leave a Public Review
After Edward R. Blunden, second master of HM hired surveying vessel Beaver when the ship was making a survey here in 1863.
  6. Chetarpe Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Estevan Point Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  8. Stewardson Inlet Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  9. Tin-Wis 11 - Leave a Public Review
  10. Yarksis Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Sutaquis 18 (Chetarpe, 13km) - Leave a Public Review
  12. Wahous 19 (Chetarpe, 13km) - Leave a Public Review
  13. Hot Springs Cove (Ahousat, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review