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]