Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
Current Matriarch: T069 Komox, T069A Kitimat, T069D (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting, despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 16 (13 living-3 female, 5 male, 5 unknown gender; 3 deceased- 3 unknown gender)
T069/M20 Komox (Female; ~1974)
Was found to be 6.7m (21.98ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Name means "abundant/plentiful/wealth" in the Liq̓ʷala dialect of the Kwak̓wala Language and is also the name of the Kʼómoks People
T069A/M21 Kitimat (Female; 1989)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Was found to be 6.3m (20.66ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Named after Kitimat Arm or Kitimat River, which in turn was named after the Ts'msyen/Tsimshian word "Gitamaat", in the Sm'algya̱x language, meaning "People of the Falling Snow", which referred to the x̄á’isla/Haisla (formerly Kitamaat) people
T069A1 (Unknown; <~2008?-<~2008? (<~1))
Birth and death years are unknown, but they're not listed in the 2008 ID catalog, while T069A2 is, indicating they were born prior to '08
T069A2 Hartley/Ed (Male; 2006)
Live stranded on July 23, 2015 outside of Hartley Bay, BC on jagged rocks, likely while hunting a seal. After 8 hours, he was able to escape and rejoin his family. He was attended to by volunteers who kept him moist with wet towels. Was found to be 5.6m (18.37ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T069A3 Kʷiisahii (Quii-Sa-Hey) (Unknown; 2011)
Was found to be 4.6m (15.09ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Name refers to "the Nuu-chah-nulth hunter's hopes to have the kakawin’s [orca's] grace, respect, and knowledge of their environment" and means "He's a hunter", "hunter", "extraordinary/successful", or "spirit given power" in the c̕išaaʔatḥ and t̓ukʷaaʔatḥ languages (both dialects of the Nuučaan̓uɫ (Nuu-chah-nulth) language).
T069A4 Našuk (Na-soohk) (Unknown; 2016)
Was found to be 3.8m (12.46ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Name refers to the killer whale's strength, not just in surviving in a changing environment, but also of keeping knowledge throughout a lifetime and means "strong" in the c̕išaaʔatḥ and t̓ukʷaaʔatḥ languages (both dialects of the Nuučaan̓uɫ (Nuu-chah-nulth) language)
T069A5 Kismet (Unknown; 2018-2024 (6))
T069A6 (Unknown; 2023)
T069B (Unknown; 1992-1992 (<1))
T069C Kye (Male; 1995)
T069D (Female; 2001)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group. Was found to be 5.9m (19.35ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
T069D1 (Male; 2013)
T069D2 (Unknown; 2016)
T069D3 (Unknown; 2020)
T069D4 (Unknown; 2024)
T069E Kodiak (Male; 2004)
Was found to be 5.5m (18.04ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study. Name is the russian spelling of qikertaq, which means "island" in Alutiiq
T069F Kin (Male; 2010)
Was found to be 5.4m (17.71ft) long in a 2020 photogrammetry study
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T069/M20 Komox
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
T069A2 Hartley/Ed
Photo Credit: Gary Sutton
T069A4 Našuk
Photo Credit: Whale Point
T069A6
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
T069A/M21 Kitimat
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
T069A3 Kʷiisahii
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T069A5 Kismet
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T069C Kye
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T069D
Photo Credit: John Forde
T069D1
Photo Credit: John Forde
T069D2
Photo Credit: John Forde
T069D3
Photo Credit: John Forde
T069D4
Photo Credit: Vancouver Island Whale Watch
T069E Kodiak
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T069F Kin