CA-K303Indigenous peoples & reconciliation

Kiix̣in, the Huu-ay-aht capital village

The beach at Kiix̣in National Historic Site, Vancouver Island, photographed in 2024. Kiixin Beach · Qwexcxewq · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Kiix̣in Village and Fortress, at Barkley Sound on Vancouver Island’s west coast, was the traditional capital village of the Huu-ay-aht, a Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation. Its archaeological remains record almost 3,000 years of occupation, and its surviving traditional architecture is rare on the southern British Columbia coast. The site remains sacred to the Huu-ay-aht.

Scope & context

The village site and its significance, not visitor access or the full history of the Huu-ay-aht First Nations.

Sources behind this record

Kiix̣in Village and Fortress National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value