Nootka
For centuries this island was territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth until the arrival of European explorers. Less than two hundred years later, the Canadian government had displaced the fishing nation from its ancestral territory.
Church
The church bears witness to the evangelization that Europeans carried out in this region. The presence of indigenous ritual elements is a way of recovering the ancestral value of the traditions of the Nuu-chah-nulth.
Fort San Miguel
Archaeological evidence establishes this point as the first construction made by Europeans in Nootka.
HMCS Quadra
This naval school on Vancouver Island pays homage to the Spanish explorer who once named the island alongside the English explorer.
Malaspina Gallery
These strange formations have been around for centuries. When they sailed around the island of Gabriola, the Spanish explorers documented them in their writings.
Whiffin Spit
This beach in Vancouver Bay is considered the meeting point between English and Spanish explorers.
Victoria
The capital of the province has monuments and plaques that narrate European explorations in the region.
Walbran Park
From this point you can see the strait that the Spaniards believed would take them to the Northwest Passage.
Spanish Banks
This beach in Vancouver Bay is considered the meeting point between English and Spanish explorers.
Mackenzie Heights
This Vancouver neighborhood was once the territory of Canada's first indigenous nations. This is how far the Spanish explorers have come.
Langara Island
The name of this school recalls the presence of Spanish explorers more than two centuries ago.
UBC
The University library contains newspapers, manuscripts and maps that testify to the first Spanish trips to the area.
