Discover the history of this amazingly spectacular inlet at Cortes Island Museum where it is now a major exhibit. Curated by local author and artist Judith Williams.s. It is hoped the exhibit will aid in the discovery of a respectful future plan for this magnificent wilderness and marine site.

The Bute Inlet exhibit includes large scale maps (up to 8 x 5 ft.); Homalco and Klahoose First Nation village sites and artifacts, geography and ecology of the region; history of the only major native/settler skirmish in B.C. (the Chilcotin War); large scale photographs of 13,100 foot Mt. Waddington and its ice fields standing 'guard' over the inlet; and old photographs of float camps, hunting, trapping - and pet cougars!