Yuquot

Yuquot
Yuquot
Friendly Cove
	Nootka Lighthouse overlooking Yuquot
Location	Nootka Island, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°36′N 126°37′W / 49.600°N 126.617°W
Governing body	Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations
Website	https://www.yuquot.ca/
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Yuquot National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1923-05-25
	Location of Yuquot in Vancouver Island Yuquot (British Columbia)

Yuquot /ˈjuːkwɔːt/, also known as Friendly Cove, is a small settlement of around six people—the Williams family of the Mowachaht band—plus two full-time lighthouse keepers, located on Nootka Island in Nootka Sound, just west of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It was the summer home of Chief Maquinna and the Mowachaht/Muchalaht (Nuu-chah-nulth) people for generations, housing approximately 1,500 people in 20 traditional wooden longhouses. The name means "Wind comes from all directions" in Nuu-chah-nulth.

The community is located within the Strathcona Regional District but like all Indian Reserve communities is not governed by nor represented in the regional district. The Mowchaht/Muchalaht First Nations are rather part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, which unites the governments of the indigenous communities of the Island's West Coast.

The Canadian government declared Friendly Cove a National Historic Site in 1923, with recognition of the significance of the Spanish colonial settlement that was once there and First Nations history following in 1997.