Tahsis is a small, remote community on the west coast of Vancouver Island, located at the head of Tahsis Inlet within Nootka Sound. Accessible primarily by logging road from Gold River or by boat, Tahsis developed as a logging and pulp mill town in the mid-twentieth century and retains a modest year-round population following the closure of its main industrial operations. The inlet and surrounding waters of Nootka Sound are popular with sport fishers, kayakers, and boaters, and the area has historical significance as a site of early European contact on the Pacific Coast — Friendly Cove, a short boat trip away, was the location of the first European settlement on what is now British Columbia. The surrounding landscape of old-growth and second-growth forest, steep fjord walls, and tidal inlets defines the character of the community and draws visitors seeking wilderness recreation.