Cormorant Island is off the coast of Port McNeill on the Northeast end of Vancouver
Island.1 It is a traditional spot for the Kwakwaka'wakw people to gather and share wealth.2 The world's tallest totem pole exists there.3 On the northeast coast of the island is the village of Alert Bay which is home to
Namgis and Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations.4 St. Michael's School in Alert Bay was one of the last residential schools to close
in British Columbia, 1974.5