CH-0004 · RESEARCH DRAFT

Yuquot as a longstanding Mowachaht centre

Before 1000 CE · 4,300+ years of occupation · Dating precision: undated

Yuquot has an occupation history exceeding 4,300 years and is central to Mowachaht social, political, economic and whaling histories.

Not publication-ready. Occupation duration does not establish when every political or territorial arrangement began.

Historical place

Yuquot, Vancouver Island

Present-day context

Yuquot, Vancouver Island — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction

Peoples named in this record

Mowachaht-Muchalaht, Nuu-chah-nulth

Review state

source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification

Catalogue updated

2026-10-11

French text

Translation pending; English research text shown.

Map context

No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.

No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.

Source evidence

• Yuquot National Historic Site

  Parks Canada · institutional history · Review: page opened

  Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-11. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.

  Institutional interpretation is not automatically independent corroboration. Consult nation-authored histories and underlying records before editorial approval.