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Alberni Inlet
Alberni Inlet
(formerly known as
Alberni Canal
) is a long, narrow
inlet
in
Vancouver Island
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
, that stretches from the
Pacific Ocean
at
Barkley Sound
about inland terminating at
Port Alberni
. It was named by the
Spanish
explorer
Francisco de Eliza
after
Pedro de Alberni
, Captain of the
First Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia
who was appointed in the
Spanish
fort
in
Nootka Sound
from 1790 to 1792. The inlet includes traditional territories of the
Ucluelet
, Pacheedaht and
Tseshaht
peoples, who are part of the
Nuu-chah-nulth
.
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