These are pictures taken during our visit to Friendly Cove in August of last year. Friendly Cove is located at the northern entrance to Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. We were impressed with the site especially the church. 
The site is now uninhabited except for two band members Ray and Terry Williams. The site belongs to the Mowachaht band. At the time we were there they were being visited by their grand kids. 
This is the cove where Captain Vancouver and Quadra met in 1792 and carried out the terms of the Nootka Convention of 1790, in which Spain relinquished to England all its claims to Northwest lands 
The Catholic church is filled with native carvings and has two beautiful stained glass windows.The windows depict the transfer the transfer of authority over the area from Spain to England in 1792, and were a gift from the government of Spain.
Near the site within walking distance is the Nootka Light Station on San Rafel Island. It is a repeater station for Tofino coast guard radio. The station is stilled manned and much appreciated by small boat skippers sailing this wild and hostile coast.
We spent the night at anchor in the cove and made a couple of trips ashore to gorge on the abundance of blackberries
The carvings are breath taking when you enter the church, making it hard to leave.
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