Nootka Island Light
Nootka Island Light is a lighthouse in Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia. Nootka Island Light is situated nearby to the nature reserve Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lookunder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: historic lighthouse in Strathcona, Canada
- Also known as: “Maquinna Light” and “Nootka Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park.
Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park
Nature reserve
Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park, legally Santa-Boca Provincial Park, is a provincial park on Nootka Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuquot.
Yuquot
Photo: Lookunder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yuquot, also known as Friendly Cove, is a small settlement on Nootka Island, off Central Vancouver Island. The quiet today belies its past when it was the thriving summer home to the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations and the point of first European contact in British Columbia.
Nootka Island Light
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.59264° or 49° 35′ 34″ northLongitude
-126.61528° or 126° 36′ 55″ westHeight
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
84XMH9VM+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 893249188OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Nootka Island Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Nootka”
- French: “Phare de Nootka”
- German: “Friendly Cove Lighthouse”
- German: “Nootka Lighthouse”
- German: “Yuquot Lighthouse”
- Hindi: “Prakaashastambh”
- Indonesian: “Mercusuar”
- Spanish: “faro de Nootka”
- Spanish: “Faro de Nootka”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hesquiaht First Nation - Maahpe 4 and Hesquiaht First Nation - Teahmit 3.
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