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Hesquiat Peninsula

Coordinates: 49°26′N 126°31′W / 49.433°N 126.517°W / 49.433; -126.517
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The Hesquiat Peninsula is a peninsula on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, located northwest of the town of Tofino and Clayoquot Sound and Nootka Sound to the northwest.[1][2] It marks the division between the two regions formed by those sounds and is named for the Hesquiaht people of the Nuu-chah-nulth, and is the location of Hesquiat Peninsula Provincial Park. The Estevan Point lighthouse is at the apex of the peninsula.`

References

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  1. ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Hesquiat Peninsula"
  2. ^ "Hesquiat Peninsula Map on Mapcarta".

49°26′N 126°31′W / 49.433°N 126.517°W / 49.433; -126.517

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