Official Name: | Juskatla |
Settlement Type: | logging camp |
Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Juskatla in British Columbia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Haida Gwaii |
Subdivision Type3: | Regional District |
Subdivision Name3: | Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | ~1940 |
Area Total Km2: | 7.5 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 5 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Coordinates: | 53.6061°N -132.3233°W |
Elevation M: | 60 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | V0T 1J0 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Blank1 Info: | Juskatla Inlet (Masset Inlet) |
Juskatla is a settlement on Juus Ḵáahlii (formerly Juskatla Inlet),[1] a sidewater off the southern end of Masset Inlet on Graham Island, the largest and northernmost of the Haida Gwaii islands off the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Juskatla is solely a logging camp. It is sometimes also called Juskatla Camp and has neither a residential area nor any businesses other than forestry facilities. Loggers usually work in Juskatla but live in nearby Port Clements.[2]
Juskatla used to have a steady population of only 5 inhabitants, but now has none. A few people work there for a logging outfit, Edwards & Associates.
Juskatla was established in the 1940s during World War II to supply the Allied air force with wood.[3]
It is still the center of wood processing on northern Graham Island and is currently operated by Taan Forest.