Koskimo Village

The Koskimo First Nation had its origin stories from the northern part of Vancouver Island, but by the late 1700s they had become the main tribe within the Quatsino Sound area. In the 1800s there was an amalgamation of a number of First Nations in the area to the village adjacent to Quatsino Narrows.This photo, from BC archives, is reported to be from about the year 1870. It notes that is is a Koskimo village, but it may be the village of Maate (May-lat-tee) in Koskimo Bay which was a fishing station with cultivated fields where potatoes were grown, or Hwates/ Hwutis/ Quattishe near Hecate Cove, which was noted to have a population of about 400 at that time.

"Members of the village of Koskimo near the entrance to Quatsino Sound" 

circa 1870 BC Archives: F-08199