Juskatla, British Columbia
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| Juskatla | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
| Region | Queen Charlotte Islands |
| Regional District | Skeena-Queen Charlotte |
| Founded | ~1940 |
| Area | |
| - Total | 7.5 km² (2.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 5 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| Postal code span | V0T 1J0 |
Juskatla is located on Juskatla Inlet, a sidewater off the southern end of Masset Inlet on Graham Island, the largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands on 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 other businesses than forestry facilities. Loggers usually work in Juskatla but live in nearby Port Clements.[1]
Juskatla has a constant population of only 5 inhabitants.[2]
Juskatla was established in the 1940s in the course of World War II to supply the allied air force with wood.[3]
It is still the center of wood processing on northern Graham Islandand and currently operated by Western Forest Products after the MacMillan Bloedel Ltd tried unsuccessfully to transfer their Tree Farm licenses to Weyerhaeuser logging company. This deal was challenged at the Supreme Court of Canada by the Council of the Haida Nation in 2004.[4]
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