| Language of origin | Wakashan language family Nuu-chah-nulth language |
| Feature Type: | First Nation Village - A village or community inhabited primarily by members of the same First Nation. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Aktis Island, just SW of Kyuquot (community) in entrance to Kyuquot Sound, Rupert Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°00'42"N, 127°23'49"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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Ak:tiis (First Nation Village) adopted 1 April 2011, per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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British Admiralty Chart 717, 1866 et seq, labels "Aktese, summer village" located on Village Island; the village name is spelled "Aktiss" in Walbran's British Columbia Coast Names, p.91 Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Ak:tiis is the preferred spelling, meaning "grassy" - this was an important summer village and gathering place for families that wintered in longhouses at the heads of the surrounding inlets; gradually the families relocated to this village year-round. (December 2010 advice from Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nations.) Source: included with note |