Village Island

Village Island is an island in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the northwest side of Turnour Island.[1]

The Kwakwaka'wakw village of Memkumlis or Meem Quam Leese[2] or Memkoomlish,[3] commonly known as Mamalilaculla,[4] which is actually the name of the subgroup of the Kwakwaka'wakw whose home it is, is located on the west side of the island at 50°37′10″N 126°34′30″W. Its site is on Mahmalillikullah Indian Reserve No. 1. on Eliot Passage.[5] The name means "village with rocks and islands out front",[6] or as translated by famous chief and carver Mungo Martin, "group of little islands" and by Franz Boas as "round things [islands] in front at beach".[7]

See also

References
  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Village Island"
  2. BC Names/Geo BC entry "Meem Quam Leese"
  3. [http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54857.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Memkoomlish"
  4. BC Names/GeoBC entry 'Mamalilaculla (locality)"
  5. BC Names "Mahmalillikullah 1 (Indian reserve)"
  6. BC Names/Geo BC entry "Meem Quam Leese"
  7. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Memkoomlish"

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