Jordan River in Capital Region, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

diitiida

B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), June 15, 2018

1. diitiida Marker

Inscription. Here, the mouth of the river is known as diitiida (Drifted Ashore) to the Pacheedaht (People of the Seafoam), and Ditidaht First Nations. At this ancient origin site, the two groups lived together as one people before the Great Flood. Spanish explorers who sailed by in 1790 marked the river on their map as “Rio Jordan.”

Erected 2018 by Province of British Columbia.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.

Location. 48° 25.205′ N, 124° 2.855′ W. Marker is in Jordan River, British Columbia, in Capital Region. It is on West Coast Road (Provincial Highway 14) 1.9 kilometers east of Waters Edge Drive, on the right when traveling east. Marker is 5 m S of road, at W edge of roadside parking lot beside the beach. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1793 West Coast Road, Jordan River BC V9Z 1L1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western

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World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 731 times since then and 59 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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