Uchucklesaht

Preferred Name:
Uchucklesaht
Alternative Name:
Variation Uchucklesit; Meaning "There Inside The Bay"
Language:
Nuučaan̓uɫ
BC Regional Office:
West Coast (Nanaimo)
Region:
Vancouver Island & Coast
Reserve Land Area:232.70 ha
Chief:
Chief Wilfred Cootes Jr.
Council:
Hawiih, Legislative and Executive Councillor Thomas Rush, Legislative Councillor Sabrina Crowley, Legislative and Executive Councillor Moriah Cootes, Legislative and Executive Councillor Regina Frank, Tyee Hawiih and Legislative Councillor Clifford Charles
Governance Structure:
Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement
Population Total:247
Address: P.O. Box 1118
Port Alberni
V9Y 7L9
Community Description

The Uchucklesaht First Nation is a First Nations government based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The Uchucklesaht Tribe has two villages that are situated approximately 24 miles down the Barkley Sound, southwest from Port Alberni. The first village is immediately past the Uchucklesaht Inlet on the West side of Barkley Sound, named "Cowishulth". The second village is located at the head of Uchucklesaht Inlet and is named "Hilthatis".

Treaty or Tribal Association
Maa-nulth First Nations