Uchucklesit Inlet


Uchucklesit Inlet (49˚00'00" 125˚00'00" Just N of entrance to Alberni Inlet, NW of Barkley Sd, on W side of Vancouver I). This is the traditional territory of the Uchucklesaht First Nation, whose members live at Elhlateese, a village at the head of the inlet, and are part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. While many explanations for the name have been recorded, Ha-shilth-sa, the official Nuu-chah-nulth newspaper, translated it as “people of the inside harbour” in 2003. Older...

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