Barkley Sound
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Infobox body of water tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Barkley Sound, also known historically as Barclay Sound, is south of Ucluelet and north of Bamfield on the west coast of Vancouver Island and forms the entrance to the Alberni Inlet. The Broken Group archipelago lies in the sound. Barkley Sound is part of the traditional territory of the Nuu-cha-nulth First Nations. In 1787, Captain Charles William Barkley of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., explored the sound and named it after himself. Barkley traveled with his 17-year-old bride, Frances Barkley, the first European woman to visit what is now British Columbia.[1]
In 1791, the Spanish ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., under Juan Carrasco and José María Narváez, explored Barkley Sound in detail. The Spanish named it Boca de Carrasco.[2] Another Spanish name in common use at the time was Entrada Nitinat.[3]
In 1933, 27 years after the sinking of Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., the ship's lifeboat #5 was found floating in Barkley Sound. Remarkably, it was in good condition, with much of the original paint remaining.[4][5] The boat's nameplate is now on display in the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.[6]
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