| 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 |
| 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 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"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. |
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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. |
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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. |