| Feature Type: | Former First Nation Village - A place formerly inhabited by First Nations' people, with no current population or that is usually uninhabited. |
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Not official
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| 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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Translation: "bent beach". The name has also been written kalugwis, Karlukwees. See 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 mid1800's. About 1850 the Tlawitsis [Tlowitsis Nation] 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) |
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Published references to this site (including maps): Boas, Franz, "Geographical Names of the Kwakiutl Indians" Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology 20, New York, 1934 (map 14/75); Dawson, George, "Notes and Observations on the Kwakiool People of the Northern Part of Vancouver Island and Adjacent Coasts" Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1887; and Galois, Robert, "Kwakwaka'wakw Settlements, 1775 - 1920: A geographical analysis and Gazeteer" UBC Press, Vancouver, 1994 (maps Kw 18, Tt 13). Source: Museum at Campbell River (spring 2001) |