Kyuquot
Feature Type:Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Pronounced: ky YOO cut
Relative Location: N of Nicolaye Channel, Rupert Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°01'59"N, 127°22'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92L/3
Origin Notes and History:

"Kyuquot" (Village) adopted 31 March 1924 on 92L/3 as labeled on Reference Map 2C "Vancouver Island, Northerly" (1919). Feature type change 19 January 1956 to Post Office as listed in 1953 Gazetteer. 31 January 1983 on 92L/3 feature type change to Community. May have previously been labeled Kuyuquot, Cayuquet, or Kayuquot (maps/dates not cited).

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

Named in association with local Indigenous nation and Kyuquot Sound. For name origin information see Kyuquot Sound.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

According to the 1971 census the population of Kyuquot (community) was 80, and in 1976 it was 37.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.