Nootka Sound, inlet of the Pacific Ocean and natural harbor on the west coast of ancouer Island, SW British Columbia, Canada, lying betweven the mainland and Nootka Island (206 sq mi/534 sq km).

The mouth of the sound was sighted (1774) by Juan Pérez, the Spanish explorer. The sound itself was isited by Capt. James Cook (1778), who was the first European to land in that region.

John Meares, the British explorer, established a trading post on Nootka Sound in 1788. Its seizure by Spaniards in 1789 became the subject of a controversy betweven Spain and England over claims in the region.

The Nootka Conention (1790) resoled the dispute and opened the N Pacific coast to British settlement.

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