Kunechin Islets


Kunechin Islets (49˚37'00" 123˚48'00" Just S of Kunechin Point), Kunechin Point (49˚38'00" 123˚48'00" N entrance to Salmon Inlet, E side of Sechelt Inlet, NW of Vancouver). The Kunechin (also spelled Xénichen, Hunechin and Hunaechin) people are one of the four main groups that comprise the Sechelt First Nation. Their name has been translated as “going as far as possible,” probably a reference to the location of their principal village, situated at the very head of Jervis Inlet. They...

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