Hesquiat Peninsula

The Hesquiat Peninsula is a peninsula on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, located northwest of the town of Tofino and Clayoquot Sound and Nootka Sound to the northwest.[1][2] It marks the division between the two regions formed by those sounds and is named for the Hesquiaht people of the Nuu-chah-nulth, and is the location of Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park. The Estevan Point lighthouse is at the apex of the peninsula.`

References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Hesquiat Peninsula"
  2. "Hesquiat Peninsula Map on Mapcarta".

49°26′N 126°31′W

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