| Feature Type: | Former First Nation Village - A place formerly inhabited by First Nations' people, with no current population or that is usually uninhabited. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW side of Turnour Island, between Johnstone and Queen Charlotte Straits, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°34'44"N, 126°29'53"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Karlukwees (Indian Village) adopted 4 September 1947 on C.3584. Form of name changed to Karlukwees (Locality) 29 November 1984. Form of name changed to Karlukwees (abandoned locality) 6 March 1992 in BC records, as identified in Sailing Directions and as confirmed by Forest Service, Port McNeill. Approved by Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 4 October 2001 on 92L/9. This feature is now identified as a "former Indian Village" in BC records and on BC maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Qalogwis, meaning "bent beach". The name has also been written kalugwis and Karlukwees. Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |
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This old village site was formerly occupied by the Kwakiutl, who relocated to Vancouver Island sometime in the mid-1800's. About 1850 the Tlawitsis [Tlowitsis] moved here from Klaoitsis (Dawson 1887:65). IR #1 Karlukwees was allotted in 1886. There were 21 houses in 1914 (Galois 1994: 184-185). Qalogwis figures prominently in a number of Kwakwaka'wakw tales including one explaining the origins of the Winter Ceremonies and another describing the origin of tides at Qalogwis. Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |