Kamdis Heritage Site/Conservancy is on eastern Masset Inlet, on Kumdis and Graham islands in Haida Gwaii, between Masset and Port Clements. BC Parks says the site helps protect an internationally significant intertidal estuarine wetland complex.
The area has been used since time immemorial by the people of the Haida Nation for cultural, social, and economic purposes.
Kamdis Heritage Site/Conservancy is a cultural and ecological protection area rather than a developed recreation park. BC Parks notes 11 registered archaeological sites and 77 recorded culturally modified trees, with many areas not yet thoroughly inventoried.
The conservation values are also substantial. Protected low-gradient shoreline, fine-textured soils, eelgrass beds, marshes, warm shallow marine areas, and exposed low-tide habitats support waterfowl, shorebirds, salmonids, migration, feeding, and rearing. The conservancy includes three estuaries and important sheltered marine habitat.
Access is easiest by boat via Masset Sound or Masset Inlet from Masset or Port Clements. Overland access from Highway 16 may be possible by short side roads and footpaths, but private properties lie adjacent and should be respected. Hunting is listed by BC Parks during open seasons under provincial regulations.
Plan around respectful cultural awareness, estuary and wetland observation, boat-based access, photography from durable locations, learning about Haida cultural values, and hunting where open and permitted.
Do not disturb archaeological sites, culturally modified trees, eelgrass beds, marshes, or private property. Check BC Parks advisories, plan tides and access carefully, and follow all hunting regulations if applicable.
