Sombrio Beach | |
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 Beach camping at Sombrio | |
  Sombrio Beach Location of Sombrio Beach  Sombrio Beach Sombrio Beach (British Columbia) | |
| Coordinates: 48°29′58″N 124°18′03″W / 48.4994°N 124.3009°W | |
| Location | Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada |
| Offshore water bodies | Strait of Juan de Fuca |
| Surface elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Topo map | NTS 92C8 River Jordan |
Sombrio Beach is a beach in the western Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, southeast of the settlement of Port Renfrew. It is on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, west of Sombrio Point,[2] and astride the mouth of the Sombrio River. The beach is partly within Juan de Fuca Provincial Park and is traversed by the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.[3][4] It is on the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht Nation, and it was the site of a fishing and harvesting village called Qwa:qtłis.[5]
- ^ Inferred from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Accessed 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Sombrio Point". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Juan de Fuca Marine Trail map" (PDF). BC Parks. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "GIS Map Viewer". Capital Regional District. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Pacheedaht First Nation | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations". www.bcafn.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-20.