Battle of Woody Point

Battle of Woody Point
Part of The Maritime Fur Trade
The Tonquin being boarded by Tla-o-qui-aht
Date June 15–16, 1811 213 years ago Location Clayoquot Sound, off Woody Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Result Ship destroyed
Belligerents
Pacific Fur Company	Nuu-chah-nulth
Commanders and leaders
Jonathan Thorn†	unknown
Strength
1 barque 23 men 10 cannons	2 war-canoes
Casualties and losses
29 killed 1 bark scuttled	~200 killed or wounded

The Battle of Woody Point was an incident in western Canada in June 1811 involving the Tla-o-qui-aht natives of the Pacific Northwest and the Tonquin, an American merchant ship of the Astor Expedition. The vessel had traveled to Clayoquot Sound off Vancouver Island to trade for furs. Following an argument begun during the bartering, the Tla-o-qui-aht captured the vessel and massacred most of the crew; one remaining sailor then scuttled her by detonating the powder magazine.