Cape Caution is a
headland along the
Central Coast of the
Canadian Province of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
. It is the point where
Queen Charlotte Strait
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meets
Queen Charlotte Sound, as well as where
Mount Waddington Regional District meets
Central Coast Regional District
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.
Toponymy
Cape Caution was named by British maritime explorer
George Vancouver in May 1793 for the turbulent waters and rocky coastline found in the vicinity. Vancouver had nearly lost his ship,
HMS Discovery, the previous year on a rock about 24 kilometres southeast of the headland.
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Geography
Cape Caution is located on the western end of a large unnamed peninsula. The cape measures long and at its widest. It is bound to the northwest by Blunden Bay and to the southeast by Silvester Bay. Despite the visual prominence of the cape, the true westernmost point of the unnamed peninsula is Neck Ness ().
Conservation
The unique ecology of the headland is protected within the Ugʷiwa’/Cape Caution Conservancy and the Ugʷiwa’/Cape Caution–Blunden Bay Conservancy.
See also
* Cape Scott Lighthouse
References
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Central Coast of British Columbia
Headlands of British Columbia