Tlell is a small, unincorporated place on the east coast of Graham Island

Graham Island

Graham Island is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago , lying off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated only by a narrow channel from the other principal island of the group, Moresby Island Graham Island is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly...

, which is part of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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History

Besides Mexican Tom, who set up camp at Tlell in 1904, Eric Richardson was one of, if not the first to make this camp a permanent settlement by establishing the Richardson Ranch, which is still active and on the spot.

Tlell was connected to Port Clements and Skidegate

Skidegate

Skidegate is a Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait...

 (43 km) via a paved Highway 16 in 1969.

The village frames the southern end of Naikoon Provincial Park

Naikoon Provincial Park

Naikoon Provincial Park is a provincial park on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, British Columbia, Canada. It is the ancestral home of the Gwak'rala'chala people, one of the many tribes that form the native group Haida...

, known especially for the Pesuta Shipwreck in close proximity and its long stretches of sandy beach. Other tourist attractions include the Tlell River and Mayer Lake, halfway between Tlell and Port Clements, both hosting lots of salmon in fall.
Services offered comprise amongst others some Bed and Breakfast, a general store, several arts and crafts galleries, the Naikoon Park headquarters and a camp site.

Demographics

Some 607 people reside in the greater periphery, additionally encompassing other small communities like Tow Hill

Tow Hill

Tow Hill is a large isolated volcanic plug located east of Masset on the north end of the Naikoon Peninsula of northeast Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada, east of McIntyre Bay and near the mouth of the Hiellen River, which is the site of Hiellen a now-abandoned Haida village...

, Lawn Hill and Miller Creek .

Culture

Once every August, the Edge of the World Music Festivalhttp://www.edgefestival.com/ takes place near Tlell, as well as the Tlell Fall Fair in August, both attract many visitors from off the islands.
Apart from this there is little municipal infrastructure and no such thing as a town center or a harbour. Tlell is rather a scattered cluster of separate homes, many of them occupied by artisans living alternative lifestyles.