Marktosis

Marktosis, also spelled Maaqtusiis in the Nuu-chah-nulth language, is one of the principal settlements of Ahousaht First Nation, located off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada,^[1] just southeast of the Hesquiat Peninsula on Flores Island. Accessible only by water or air, Marktosis is a small community predominantly composed of First Nations people from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation. Marktosis has approximately 900 residents.

Marktosis Indian Reserve No. 15 was established around the site of the community and has 622 individuals living on the reserve in 2016.^[2]

Geography

In the neighbourhood is the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve.

The nearby communities include:

• Ahousaht
• Opitsaht
• Tofino
• Ucluelet
• Yuquot

See also

• Kingfisher