Maaqtsiis

Maaqtsiis lies on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound, among the islands and inlets of the Nuu-chah-nulth coast. The Ahousaht originally lived around nearby Vargas Island, facing the open sea. In the early nineteenth century they fought the Otsosaht, whose lands included Flores Island, and established their main village at Maaqtsiis. The sheltered passages of the sound connected the village to fishing grounds and to other communities along Vancouver Island’s western shore.