Tahsis, British Columbia
| Tahsis | |
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| Village of Tahsis | |
Tahsis Inlet and Village
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 Tahsis
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| Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 126°39′24″W / 49.92778°N 126.65667°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 British Columbia
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| Region | Vancouver Island |
| Regional district | Strathcona |
| Incorporated | 1970 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Tahsis Village Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.73 km2 (2.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 316 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| Highways | 19 |
| Waterways | Pacific Ocean |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | Village of Tahsis |
Tahsis is a village municipality on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, about 300 km or 185 miles (by air) northwest of the provincial capital Victoria at 49°55′33″N 126°37′16″W / 49.92583°N 126.62111°W. As of 2011[update], the Canadian census listed 316 residents, a decline from the 2006 Census count of 366 residents. The Village of Tahsis economy used to be dependent on forestry, but after the closure of the local sawmill in 2001, the economy became heavily dependent on sport fishing for salmon and halibut, outdoor recreation and tourism.
The village is situated at the head of the steep-sided Tahsis Inlet (part of Nootka Sound). The inlet is protected from Pacific storms by its geography, making the docking facilities a valuable asset.
In Tahsis's heyday the population was roughly 2,500. With the closure and dismantling of the mill the population declined to 892, according to the 2001 census.
While First Nations peoples have inhabited the area for over 4,000 years, Europeans first visited Tahsis in 1774 (Spanish) and 1778 (English). John R. Jewitt, an English armourer, spent several winters here at the beginning of the nineteenth century as the slave of Maquinna. Jewitt's memoirs, A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives is a major source of information about the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in general, and life in Tahsis in particular.
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