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Kyuquot
British Columbiavillage
Total population
200
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Kyuquot is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community located on Kyuquot Sound on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Meaning people of Kayukw in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, it is partly the community of the Kyuquot and Cheklesahht peoples, whose band government is the Kyuquot/Cheklesahht First Nation. The site of Kayukw (qaay̓uuk̓), the original village of the Kyuquot people, is nearby in the form of Kayouk Indian Reserve No. 8, adjacent to which are Kayouk Bluff and Kayouk Creek. The original village site of the Cheklesahht people is the Checkaklis Island Indian Reserve 9 on the island of the same name in the Bunsby Islands in Checleset Bay, which is named for the people, whose name means "people of Checkaklis".
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Most recent
- M 4.8 — 2020-05-10106 km WSW of Vernon, Canada
- M 4.1 — 2018-03-0673 km WSW of Vernon, Canada
- M 3.9 — 2017-06-1921 km SSW of Vernon, Canada
- M 4 — 2017-01-31104 km SSW of Port McNeill, Canada
- M 3.8 — 2016-07-30115 km WSW of Vernon, Canada
- M 5.1 — 2015-03-25147 km WSW of Vernon, Canada
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)