Kyuquot (pronounced "ky YOO kit") is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community located on

Kyuquot Sound Kyuquot Sound is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The sound is named after the Kyuquot people, who are of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples by culture and languag ...

on northwestern

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, Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the

Nuu-chah-nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth (; Nuučaan̓uł: ), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth or Tahkaht, are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifte ...

language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples, whose band government is the

Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation The Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation or First Nations"Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nations" which is the form used by Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Tla-o-quiaht governments- (officially Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation) is a modern treaty govern ...

. The site of Kayukw, the original village of the

Kyuquot people The Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation or First Nations"Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nations" which is the form used by Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Tla-o-quiaht governments- (officially Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation) is a modern treaty govern ...

, is nearby in the form of Kayouk Indian Reserve No. 8, adjacent to which are Kayouk Bluff and Kayouk Creek. The original village site of the

Cheklesahht people The Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation or First Nations"Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nations" which is the form used by Mowachaht/Muchalaht and Tla-o-quiaht governments- (officially Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nation) is a modern treaty govern ...

is the Checkaklis Island Indian Reserve 9 on the island of the same name in the Bunsby Islands in

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, which is named for the people, whose name means "people of Checkaklis".

References

* Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Indian reserves in British Columbia Kyuquot Sound region Nuu-chah-nulth {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub