ahousahtEtymologyFrom Nootka ʕaaḥuusʔatḥ, from ʕaaḥuus (“Ahous, village near Ahous Bay on the western coast of Vargas Island”) + -ʔatḥ (“people”).nounA member of a First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.“Through warfare and amalgamation with other groups, including the Otsosaht, Kelsemaht, and Manhousaht, their traditional territory now encompasses a large area in the heart of Clayoquot Sound covering Vargas and Flores Islands and up Herbert, Shelter, and Sydney Inlets. Early in the nineteenth century, the Ahousahts established their main village, Maaqtusiis (Marktosis), on the east side of Flores”