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.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Village Island"
The Kwakwaka'wakw village of Memkumlis or Meem Quam LeeseBC Names/Geo BC entry "Meem Quam Leese" or Memkoomlish,BC Names/GeoBC entry "Memkoomlish" commonly known as Mamalilaculla,BC Names/GeoBC entry 'Mamalilaculla (locality)" 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 . Its site is on Mahmalillikullah Indian Reserve No. 1. on Eliot Passage.BC Names "Mahmalillikullah 1 (Indian reserve)" The name means "village with rocks and islands out front",BC Names/Geo BC entry "Meem Quam Leese" 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".BC Names/GeoBC entry "Memkoomlish"
See also List of islands of British Columbia Village (disambiguation)
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