Ucluelet
Sign in to saveUcluelet (; colloquially known as Ukee) is a district municipality on the Ucluelet Peninsula, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Ucluelet comes from Yuułuʔił which means "people of the safe harbour" in the indigenous Nuu-chah-nulth language and is the homeland of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ. As of 2021, its population was 2,066, a 20.3% increase from 1,717 in 2016.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ucluelet
- Settlement.official_name
- District of Ucluelet
- Settlement.nickname
- Ukee
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- UclueletHarbour.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ucluelet's public dock
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ucluelet in British Columbia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Vancouver Island#British Columbia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- British Columbia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vancouver Island
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Regional district
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
- Settlement.government_type
- District of Ucluelet
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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== Geography == Ucluelet is located at the western edge of Barkley Sound, northwest of the British Columbia provincial capital, Victoria, on the outer west coast of Vancouver Island.
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