Village Island is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the

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region of the Central Coast region of

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, located on the northwest side of

Turnour Island Turnour Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located between Gilford Island and West Cracroft Island. On the other side Canoe Passage on its northwest is Village Island, while to its so ...

. The Kwakwaka'wakw village of

Memkumlis Memkumlis or, officially Meem Quam Leese, Memkoomlish, Memqumlis, 'mimkumlis or Mi'mkwamlis, commonly known as Mamalilaculla, which is actually the name of the subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw whose home it is, is located on the west side of Villag ...

or Meem Quam Leese or Memkoomlish, commonly known as

Mamalilaculla The Mamalilikala (Mamalelequala, Mamalilikulla, Mamalillaculla, Mamaleleqala) are an indigenous nation, a part of the Kwakwaka'wakw, in central British Columbia, on northern Vancouver Island. Their main village was Memkumlis Memkumlis or, offici ...

, which is actually the name of the subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw whose home it is, is located on the west side of the island at . Its site is on Mahmalillikullah Indian Reserve No. 1. on Eliot Passage. The name means "village with rocks and islands out front", or as translated by famous chief and carver

Mungo Martin Chief Mungo Martin or ''Nakapenkem'' (lit. ''Potlatch chief "ten times over"''), ''Datsa'' (lit. ''"grandfather"''), was an important figure in Northwest Coast style art, specifically that of the Kwakwaka'wakw Aboriginal people who live in the a ...

, "group of little islands" and by Franz Boas as "round things slandsin front at beach".BC Names/GeoBC entry "Memkoomlish"
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