Kimsquit is a former village of the Nuxalk at the mouth of the Dean River on the northeast side of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Kemsquit Indian Reserve No. 1 is nearby at 52°49′00″N 126°58′00″W, which is on Kimsquit Bay; Kimsquit Mountain is nearby.The village was shelled by the Royal Navy in 1877.