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Community InformationAhousaht (also spelled Ahousat) means people of Ahous, a small bay on the west side of Vargas Island in Clayoquot Sound. Ahousaht can be translated to mean ‘people living with their backs to the land and mountains on a beach along the open sea.’ Members of this community are employed seasonally in silviculture, water taxi transport, construction, eco-tourism, forestry and aquaculture.
Located within the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, Ahousat is home to an incredibly diverse ecosystem and a rare ancient temperate rain forest. The Wild Side Heritage Trail is the only living cultural trail in Canada and is used for spiritual practices as well as traditional food and medicinal plant gathering by the Ahousaht for hundreds of years.
INDUSTRY:
Eco/tourism, finfish aquaculture, forestry and fishing (including shellfish) Population
Town Population: 2,158 (BC Government data)
Health Administrative Information
Health Authority: Island Health
Health Service Delivery Area: Central Vancouver Island
Regional District: Alberni
Rural designation: RSA community
RRP designation: A
RRP points: 26.25
Practitioners
There are no general practitioners yet in this community.
Clinic
Tonquin Clinic / CHR Community Health Clinic 433 Ahousat Reserve Ahousat, BC, V0R 1A0
Maternity
Danielle Enskaitis DEME Pre- and Postnatal Services P: 604 339-6621
Diabetic Nurse Educator
Annual retina and diabetes checks are available through ITHA/VIHA. Contact the Nuu-chah-nulth Community Care Centre for details. Tonquin Clinic / CHR Community Health Clinic 433 Ahousat Reserve Ahousat, BC, V0R 1A0 P: 250 670-9635 | F: 250 670-9696
Mental Health and Addictions
Ahousaht Holistic Recovery Centre Box 91, 458 Ahousat Reserve Ahousaht, BC, V0R 1L6 P: 250 670-9558 | F: 250 670-9554 ahousatholistic@alberni.net
Social workers
Ahousaht Holistic Recovery Centre Box 91, 458 Ahousat Reserve Ahousaht, BC, V0R 1L6 P: 250 670-9558 | F: 250 670-9554 ahousatholistic@alberni.net
Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council USMA Family and Child Services Box 99, 4000 Stamp Avenue Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 7M2 P: 250 724-3232 | F: 250 723-6017 | TF: 1 877 722-3232
