Clayoquot Wild

03/27/2025

Members of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation keep the community’s traditional history and stories alive through a local whale-watching operation. Respected for ...

02/10/2025

5 of the top experts in the world will share how they treat clients who struggle with trauma. This brand new program brings together the sharpest strategies for working with a traumatized brain.

09/06/2024

08/12/2024

If it wasn’t for Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation warriors, a visit to Vancouver Island may have meant you’d be visiting the USA. Yes, it's true and its all right here in this latest ZenSeekers feature

https://www.zenseekers.com/story/tla-o-qui-aht-first-nation-history-1811-war-woods

Photo Credit : BC Archives

08/04/2024

Yaacpanačʔiš ʔapcy̓in hitinqis !! Bałaap!! Małaa!! (lol) 👀

07/14/2024

Just found these amazing photos from one of our guests from last year, Emmanuelle Fracheboud in our emails! Great shots Emmanuelle! Thank you so much for sharing ( :

06/19/2024

Wickaninnish (/ˌwɪkəˈnɪnɪʃ/; meaning "Nobody sits or stands before him in the canoe") was a chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht people of Clayoquot Sound, on what is now Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, in the 1780s and 1790s, during the opening period of European contact with the Pacific Northwest Coast cultures. His main name is also transliterated as Wickaninish, Wickananish, Wikinanish, Huiquinanichi, and Quiquinanis, and he was also known as Hiyoua.
Wickaninnish was a rival of the Mowachaht chief Maquinna of Nootka Sound, although the two were related both affinally and consanguineally. In one account he was blamed for the death of Maquinna's brother, Callicum, an event which spurred a war by the Mowachaht against the Tla-o-qui-aht. Maquinna's captive John R. Jewitt wrote of Wickaninnish.
In June 1811, Wickaninnish took umbrage at behaviour by the American merchant captain Jonathan Thorn, who was leading a voyage on the Pacific Fur Company's frigate Tonquin and had made overtures for trading. This resulted in the Battle of Woody Point, during which Tla-o-qui-aht warriors massacred Thorn and most of his crew. As the Tla-o-qui-aht plundered the Tonquin, a surviving crew member blew it up.
Places named for Wickaninnish include Wickaninnish Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Wickaninnish Island, Wickaninnish Bay, and the Wickaninnish Inn, a surfside hotel, restaurant, and spa on Chesterman Beach [ceb], close to Long Beach.

06/18/2024

Looking for something exciting and educational to do this summer☀️? Look no further than our Historic Tofino Walking Tour🚶! Running each Friday starting on June 28th, join us on a tour of Tofino’s waterfront🌊 and town center and learn about the rich local, environmental🌲 and cultural history.

🎟️tickets can be purchased at the Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Museum for $10 per person. There are two tour times that run each Friday:

Tour 1️⃣: 11am – 12:30pm.

Tour 2️⃣: 2pm – 3:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you on our walking tour soon!

The Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Museum gratefully operates in the ƛaʔuukʷiaʔtḥ (Tla-o-qui-aht) hahoulthee (traditional territory).

04/29/2024

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04/02/2024

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