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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
W side of Fair Harbour at base of Markale Peninsula, Kyuquot Sound, Rupert Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°03'36"N, 127°10'36"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92L/3 |
Origin Notes and History:
Mah:kiit (Former 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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Once the site of a village. Labelled "Markale" on British Admiralty Chart 717, 1866. Mah:kiit is the preferred spelling (December 2010 advice from Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' First Nations.)
Source: included with note
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