Qualla: Tahsis https://qualla.com/tahsis en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Tahsis https://qualla.com/tahsis Tahsis: Introduction https://qualla.com/tahsis/ In 1962, the Tahsis Lumber Company prohibited the import of all automobiles except one very small, unnamed German make. Residents did not mind much. Since every car in town ran only on private company property, nobody needed a license anyway. This was Tahsis at its most self-contained: a company town at the head of a steep-sided inlet on Vancouver Island's west coast, reachable only by boat or floatplane, where the sawmill dictated everything from the economy to the parking regulations.

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/v/u/tahsis-wp/c0vu-tahsis-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tahsis: Maquinna's Prisoner https://qualla.com/tahsis/ The Nuu-chah-nulth-speaking peoples of Nootka Sound, including the Mowachaht, Muchalaht, Nuchatlaht, and Ehattesaht First Nations, have inhabited this coastline for over 4,200 years. Spanish explorers arrived in 1774, followed by the English in 1778, but the most remarkable early...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/v/u/tahsis-wp/c0vu-tahsis-maquinnas-prisoner.mp3 0:06 2 full Tahsis: The Mill That Built a Town https://qualla.com/tahsis/ Throughout the 1930s, companies struggled to establish sawmill operations on Vancouver Island's west coast. Tahsis offered what others could not: a level plateau at the head of the inlet with deep-sea access for ocean-going vessels, and a southeast-facing site that caught enough ...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/v/u/tahsis-wp/c0vu-tahsis-the-mill-that-built-a-town.mp3 0:06 3 full Tahsis: The Road and the Reckoning https://qualla.com/tahsis/ For decades, Tahsis existed in a state of productive isolation. No road connected it to the rest of Vancouver Island until 1972, when the Head Bay Road finally linked the village to Gold River. By then, Tahsis had already incorporated as a municipality in 1970, shedding its compa...

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]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/c/0/v/u/tahsis-wp/c0vu-tahsis-the-road-and-the-reckoning.mp3 0:06 4 full Tahsis: A Second Life on the Water https://qualla.com/tahsis/ What saved Tahsis, or at least sustained it, was the same geography that attracted the mill in the first place. The steep-sided inlet that protects the village from Pacific storms also creates exceptional conditions for sport fishing. Salmon and halibut run through Nootka Sound i...

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