Ohiat Islet


Ohiat Islet (48˚51'00" 125˚11'00" E side of Imperial Eagle Channel, S of Satellite Passage, Barkley Sd, W side of Vancouver I). The Ohiat (or Ohiaht) First Nation, which is known today as the Huu-ay-aht, occupies as its traditional territory the SE side of Barkley Sd. It is a member group of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, and the name has been translated as “the people who recovered.” The Huu-ay-aht were the first aboriginal people to meet Capt Charles Barkley and other early European...

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