Mah:kiit
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: 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.

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