Ocayu Island

Ocayu Island (49˚08'20" 125˚45'25" NW of Warne I, E of Tofino, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). A logging company purchased this previously unnamed island in the late 1970s, dubbed it Fantasy I and proceeded to clearcut it, much to the dismay of local townsfolk. The name Fantasy was considered “inappropriate” and “in poor taste,” according to a note at BC’s Geographical Names Office, and in the late 1980s, after the property had been sold, an alternative name was sought. The...

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