# Kyuquot > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kyuquot > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kyuquot.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuquot > Source revision: 1314675669 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{other uses}} {{No footnotes|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Kyuquot |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Kyuquot in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{CAN}} |subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) |subdivision_name1 = {{BC}} |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|50|02|00|N|127|22|27|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_codes = [250](/source/Area_code_250), [778](/source/Area_code_778) |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Kyuquot''' (''Ḵa:’yu:’k’t’h’'' or ''qaay̓uuk̓tḥ'' in [Nuu-chah-nulth](/source/Nuu-chah-nulth_language), pronounced {{Respell|ky|YOO|kit}} in English) is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community located on [Kyuquot Sound](/source/Kyuquot_Sound) on northwestern [Vancouver Island](/source/Vancouver_Island), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the [Nuu-chah-nulth](/source/Nuu-chah-nulth_language) language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples, whose [band government](/source/band_government) is the [Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation](/source/Kyuquot%2FCheklesahht_First_Nation). The site of Kayukw (''qaay̓uuk̓''), the original village of the [Kyuquot people](/source/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](/source/Cheklesahht_people) is the Checkaklis Island Indian Reserve 9 on the island of the same name in the [Bunsby Islands](/source/Big_Bunsby_Marine_Provincial_Park) in [Checleset Bay](/source/Checleset_Bay), which is named for the people, whose name means "people of Checkaklis". ==References== *{{BCGNIS|27428|Kyuquot}} {{authority control}} Category:Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Category:Indian reserves in British Columbia Category:Kyuquot Sound region Category:Nuu-chah-nulth {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kyuquot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuquot) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuquot?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.