Kyuquot (disambiguation)

Last updated April 16, 2019

Kyuquot, pronounced "ky YOO cut", meaning "people of Kayukw" in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, may refer to:

Nuu-chah-nulth (nuučaan̓uɫ), also known as Nootka, is a Wakashan language spoken in the Pacific Northwest of North America on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound in British Columbia by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. Nuu-chah-nulth is a Southern Wakashan language related to Nitinaht and Makah.

Kyuquot, an unincorporated settlement on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Kyuquot Sound, British Columbia (including Kyuquot Bay, Kyuquot Channel)
The Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation, the joint band government of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples of Kyuquot Sound
The Kyuquot Water Aerodrome

Kyuquot is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations Indian reserve community located on Kyuquot Sound on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples, whose band government is the Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation. The site of Kayukw, the original village of the Kyuquot people, 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 is the Checkaklis Island Indian Reserve 9 on the island of the same name in the Bunsby Islands in Checleset Bay, which is named for the people, whose name means "people of Checkaklis".

Kyuquot Sound is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation is a First Nations government based at Kyuquot, located on the outer coast of Kyuquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.

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