kləˈhuːs | Klahoose First Nation
Community Profile
- The Klahoose First Nation is an Indigenous community located in the traditional territories of the Klahoose people on Cortes Island, British Columbia.
- Last Updated 2025-05-02 13:44:56 UTC
- Name: Klahoose First Nation (ISC Code: 553)
- Former Names: Klahoose Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Coast Salish
- Indigenous Language: Comox
- Number of Registered Members: 456
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 07/20/2025
- CHIEF: STEVEN BROWN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- STEVEN BROWN
- JOHNNY HANUSE
- PATRICIA MCDOUGALL (SIMPSON)
- EMILY WHITE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/437-klahoose-first-nation
- PHONE NUMBER: (250) 935-6536
- FAX NUMBER: (250) 935-6997
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 9, 1790 Tork Rd, SQUIRREL COVE, BC
- EMAILS:
- Chief STEVEN BROWN:
- Councillor JOHNNY HANUSE:
- Councillor PATRICIA MCDOUGALL (SIMPSON):
- Councillor EMILY WHITE:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Klahoose First Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Klahoose First Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Klahoose First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Klahoose First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Klahoose First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Klahoose First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Klahoose First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Klahoose First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Klahoose First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Klahoose First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Klahoose First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Klahoose First Nation20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 7924
SQUIRREL COVE 8
15.8 Hectares
SAYWARD DISTRICT, EAST SIDE OF CORTES ISLAND, AT HEAD OF SQUIRREL COVE
[50.1446714, -124.9208601] -
ISC Code: 7923
TORK 7
288.3 Hectares
SAYWARD DISTRICT, ON EAST SHORE OF CORTES SQUIRREL COVE
[50.1248308, -124.9338724] -
ISC Code: 7925
AHPOKUM 9
25.1 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, AT MOUTH OF FROBES CREEK, ON FORBES BAY HOMFRAY CHANNEL
[50.2457101, -124.5861546] -
ISC Code: 7921
DEEP VALLEY 5
24.7 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, ON QUATAM BAY, AT MOUTH OF THE QUATAM RIVER EAST SHORE OF RAMSAY ARM
[50.3792017, -124.93424] -
ISC Code: 7922
QUEQUA 6
1.6 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, ON WEST REDONDA ISLAND, ON EASTERLY SHORE OF LEWIS CHANNEL
[50.1961269, -124.9304317] -
ISC Code: 7920
SIAKIN 4
2.8 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, ON WESTERLY SHORE OF EAST REDONDA ISLAND
[50.28301159999999, -124.774583] -
ISC Code: 7926
TATPO-OOSE 10
11.7 Hectares
SAYWARD DISTRICT, ON SOUTHEAST SHORE OF MAURELLE ISLAND
[50.2839008, -125.1446928] -
ISC Code: 7917
KLAHOOSE 1
922.7 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT AT MOUTH OF TOBA RIVER AT HEAD OF TOBA INLET
[50.5152043, -124.3362756] -
ISC Code: 7918
QUANIWSOM 2
0.3 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT, NEAR MOUTH OF TAHUMMING RVR, AT HEAD OF TOBA INLET
[50.4937803, -124.3894645] -
ISC Code: 7919
SALMON BAY 3
70.4 Hectares
COAST DISTRICT AT HEAD OF BREM BAY, AT MOUTH OF BREM RIVER NORTH SIDE OF TOBA CHANNEL
[50.4384299, -124.663664]
- The Klahoose traditional territory encompasses Cortes Island and surrounding marine and coastal regions in the traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples
- Key geographical areas include Desolation Sound, Homfray Channel, and nearby coastal watersheds
- Traditional territories have been used for fishing, hunting, gathering, and cultural practices for thousands of years
- Significant marine and forest resources within their traditional lands include salmon fisheries, cedar forests, and diverse marine ecosystems
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort named Indigenous Tourism Business of the Year
- Indigenous Tourism Goes Deeper Than ‘Dinner and a Show’
- This Remote Resort in Canada Is Working to Preserve Indigenous Culture Through Hospitality
- Klahoose First Nation secures logging rights on their traditional territory
- First Nations business north of qathet region receives honour
- 7 of the best places to stay in Canada
- An Indigenous-Owned Model for Sustainable Tourism
- Historic welcome pole, rooted in Klahoose origin story, brings healing to the people
- Discover 7 Of Canada’s Top Properties Offering Indigenous Wellness Experiences
- Klahoose ancestors journey home
- Day before Klahoose First Nation went into pandemic lockdown, family brings home an elk
- Indigenous B.C. wilderness resort recognized as one of best new hotels in the world
- Indigenous artists join together to add art to new Harewood skatepark
- Tiwšɛm (learn) : a stay at Klahoose Wilderness Resort
- Put These Beautiful Native-Owned Lodges on Your Travel-Bucket List
- These Indigenous-Owned Lodges Take Visitors Deep Into British Columbia
- How Indigenous researchers are reclaiming archeology and anthropology
- Homalco First Nation undergoing language revitalization project
- Coastal First Nations ahead of the curve in cultivating seaweed industry
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort: Canada’s indigenous-owned wilderness outpost
- First Nations reach historic BC forestry deal
- Revitalizing Indigenous languages: Meet some of the people working to keep their language alive
- Indigenous paddlers push off on powerful voyage to reclaim canoe culture across Pacific Northwest
- Rebuilding salmon stocks in the face of climate change
- Indigenous repatriation projects get new funding from B.C. government
- How to Safely Photograph Grizzly Bears
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort named Indigenous Tourism Business of the Year
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort’s First Nation Influence and Regenerative Tourism on Desolation Sound
- First Nations
- Klahoose First Nation buys tenure from Interfor
- Klahoose First Nation purchases majority of forest tenure within traditional territory
- Klahoose education coordinator brings a special something to the classroom
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort receives silver certification
- Feds float $11.8 million for Indigenous commercial fishing ventures on West Coast
- "Pristine natural beauty": Canadian spot named among the best places to visit in 2023
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort named Indigenous Tourism Business of the Year
- Why First Nations tourism is flourishing in Canada
- 8 incredible luxury eco resorts around the world
- Indigenous Advisory Council welcomes six new members
- Indigenous-owned B.C. resort named to list of top 15 resorts in the world
- Discover Some Of Canada’s Best Indigenous Tourism Experiences
- Homalco First Nation celebrates Ayajuthem language
- Canfor transfers forest tenure in B.C. to 2 First Nations
- What’s behind the growing interest in Indigenous-led tourism in Canada?
- Indigenous storytelling, modern ballet combine in Chilliwack show
- BC Timber Sales and Campbell River-area First Nations council provide cedar log for canoe carving
- Drone Territory takes flight in Campbell River
- 'We feel terrible about it': Fredericton museum searches for missing Wolastoqi remains
- SD72 hires new Principal of Indigenous Education
- ‘I would want to know’: Nurse in Klahoose First Nation facing fears and centering facts as COVID-19 vaccines roll out
- Klahoose Resort one of Nat Geo's 7 best places to stay in Canada
- Klahoose resort gets eco-certification for sustainable practices
- 72 hours immersed in eastern Vancouver Island's Indigenous charms
- Klahoose resort gets eco-certification for sustainable practices
- 72 hours immersed in eastern Vancouver Island's Indigenous charms
- Klahoose Wilderness Resort Recognized as the Indigenous Tourism Business of the Year
- Indigenous B.C. wilderness resort recognized as one of best new hotels in the world
- Explore Indigenous-owned Resorts and Experiences in BC
- Indigenous clean-energy projects funded on Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands
- Indigenous archeologist unearthing her ancestors' legacy on the land
- First Nation communities expect added hardships from tariffs
- Health authority still hopes to vaccinate First Nations communities in B.C. despite shortages
- Indigenous B.C. wilderness resort recognized as one of best new hotels in the world
- Klahoose celebrates forestry deal allowing community to manage logging on its own lands
- Indigenous people ‘feel the brunt’ of trade war as ‘B.C.’ presents 2025 budget
- Indigenous cutblock vandalized on Cortes Island, anti-logging element suspected
- B.C. First Nation searching the world for ancestors and artifacts
- Need for ‘Indigenization of emergency services’ highlighted by COVID-19 scare in remote community
- Paddlers push off on powerful voyage to reclaim Indigenous cultures across Pacific Northwest
- First Nations centre on Cortez Island earns Silver Award
- How Indigenous tourism companies are setting the standard when it comes to sustainability
- First Nations reach historic BC forestry deal
Academic Research
Academic Research
- British Columbia First Nations and the influenza pandemic of 1918-19
- … safety, security, and sovereignty: Trends in Environmental variables, biotoxins, and shellfish harvesting closure instigations in coastal First Nations Territories in British …
- Making Losses Visible
- Indigenous environmental education: the case of renewable energy projects
- Assessing collaboration with the Sliammon First Nation in a community-based heritage research and stewardship program
- Forest people: first nations lead the way toward a sustainable future
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- A Tla'amin Cultural Landscape: Combining traditional knowledge with archaeological investigation in Grace Harbour, Desolation Sound, BC
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- A Tla'amin Cultural Landscape: Combining traditional knowledge with archaeological investigation in Grace Harbour, Desolation Sound, BC
- The first nations of British Columbia: an anthropological survey
- An Analysis of the 1994-1996 Northern Strait of Georgia Oyster Survey
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