Quatsino Sound | |
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French: Baie Quatsino | |
Location | Vancouver Island, British Columbia |
Coordinates | 50°30′30″N 127°42′00″W / 50.50833°N 127.70000°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Pacific Ocean |
Islands | Drake Island |
Sections/sub-basins | Forward Inlet, Holberg Inlet, Koskimo Bay, Koprino Harbour, Neroutsos Inlet, Rupert Inlet |
Settlements | Coal Harbour, Holberg, Port Alice, Quatsino, Winter Harbour |
Quatsino Sound[1] is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the northernmost of the five sounds that pierce the west coast of Vancouver Island, the others being Kyuquot Sound, Nootka Sound, Clayoquot Sound, and Barkley Sound.