Meares Island is one of the many islands surrounding the Village of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Its name was given in 1862 by George Henry Richards, captain of HMS Hecate, in honor of John Meares. The island is located in the Clayoquot Sound region and is the location of Opitsat, the main village of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, and was the location of Fort Defiance, a short-lived American fur-trading post founded by Captain Robert Gray. Meares Island is reachable by boat or water taxi.
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| - L'isola Meares è una delle tante isole che circondano il villaggio di Tofino, Columbia Britannica, Canada. (it)
- Meares Island är en ö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 6 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 14 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 0 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 2 990 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är december, med i genomsnitt 414 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är juli, med 53 mm nederbörd. (sv)
- Meares Island ist eine 84,8 km² große Insel vor der Westküste von Vancouver Island an der kanadischen Pazifikküste. Im Norden trennen die weniger als 500 Meter breiten Matlset Narrows die Insel von Vancouver Island, und im Osten der 1,2 km breite Fortune Channel. Meares Island stellt heute den Hauptteil des Reservats dar, in dem die Tla-o-qui-aht leben, ein Stamm der Nuu-chah-nulth. Sie bewohnen zudem die südöstlich gelegene Indian Island und ein Gebiet am Heynen Channel im Clayoquot Sound. (de)
- Meares Island is one of the many islands surrounding the Village of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Its name was given in 1862 by George Henry Richards, captain of HMS Hecate, in honor of John Meares. The island is located in the Clayoquot Sound region and is the location of Opitsat, the main village of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, and was the location of Fort Defiance, a short-lived American fur-trading post founded by Captain Robert Gray. Meares Island is reachable by boat or water taxi. (en)
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| - Aerial view of Opitsaht on Meares Island (en)
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| - Map of Clayoquot Sound showing the location of Meares Island (en)
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| - Meares Island ist eine 84,8 km² große Insel vor der Westküste von Vancouver Island an der kanadischen Pazifikküste. Im Norden trennen die weniger als 500 Meter breiten Matlset Narrows die Insel von Vancouver Island, und im Osten der 1,2 km breite Fortune Channel. Die Tla-o-qui-aht und die Ahousaht, die ortsansässigen First Nations, nennen die Insel Wah-nah-juss bzw. Hilth-hoo-iss. Der westliche Teil der Insel wird von dem 730 Meter hohen Lone Cone beherrscht. Der Ahousat-Name des Berges, Hilth-hoo-iss, bedeutet übersetzt so viel wie „Die Leute, die zu den Bergen gehen“. Der Osten der Insel wird durch den 792 Meter hohen Mount Colnett dominiert. Die Insel liegt gut einen Kilometer nördlich von Tofino und ist von dort per Wassertaxi, das die Browning Passage überquert, in etwa zehn Minuten zu erreichen. Meares Island stellt heute den Hauptteil des Reservats dar, in dem die Tla-o-qui-aht leben, ein Stamm der Nuu-chah-nulth. Sie bewohnen zudem die südöstlich gelegene Indian Island und ein Gebiet am Heynen Channel im Clayoquot Sound. Im Süden und Westen der Insel liegen die Dörfer Opitsat und Kakawis. Die Tla-o-qui-aht-Siedlung Opitsat hat 174 Einwohner (Stand der Volkszählung 2006). (de)
- Meares Island is one of the many islands surrounding the Village of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Its name was given in 1862 by George Henry Richards, captain of HMS Hecate, in honor of John Meares. The island is located in the Clayoquot Sound region and is the location of Opitsat, the main village of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations, and was the location of Fort Defiance, a short-lived American fur-trading post founded by Captain Robert Gray. Meares Island is reachable by boat or water taxi. Meares Island became historically significant shortly after 1984, when the Nuu-chah-nulth and environmentalist groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of Clayoquot Sound began protesting forestry giant MacMillan Bloedel's potential harvesting activities. The Nuu-chah-nulth, with significant cooperation from environmental groups, eventually erected a blockade, preventing MacMillan Bloedel from logging the island. Both sides pursued legal action, and the court ruled that since the Nuu-chah-nulth had claimed that this was part of their traditional territory, until that claim was resolved, no development could occur on the whole of Meares Island. This essentially granted an injunction in favour of the Nuu-chah-nulth, which was the first time in British Columbia's history that the province had been overruled on a land claims issue. According to Ecodefense, opponents of logging have spiked thousands of trees on Meares Island. (en)
- L'isola Meares è una delle tante isole che circondano il villaggio di Tofino, Columbia Britannica, Canada. (it)
- Meares Island är en ö i Kanada. Den ligger i provinsen British Columbia, i den sydvästra delen av landet, 3 700 km väster om huvudstaden Ottawa. Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är 6 °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är 14 °C, och den kallaste är januari, med 0 °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är 2 990 millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är december, med i genomsnitt 414 mm nederbörd, och den torraste är juli, med 53 mm nederbörd. (sv)
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