“A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound”: Nootka Sound is in the Pacific Northwest, on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, which was originally known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island in what is now known as the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played an important role in the maritime fur trade. The Nootka people are Native Americans who are related to the Chinook and Kwakiutl peoples, and the Nootka language is part of the Wakashan group of languages. In March 1778, Captain Cook landed on Bligh Island and named the inlet "King George's Sound". He recorded that the native name was Nutka or Nootka, “The houses, as I have observed, are above twenty in number, built nearly in a line.
