Port Clements

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Port Clements

| official_name = Village of Port Clements{{cite web|url=http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls|title=British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address|publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development|type=XLS|accessdate=November 2, 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004716/http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls|url-status=dead}}

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| settlement_type = Village

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| pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia#Canada

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Port Clements in British Columbia

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Canada

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = British Columbia

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Haida Gwaii

| subdivision_type3 = Regional district

| subdivision_name3 = Skeena-Queen Charlotte

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| leader_title = Governing body

| leader_name = Port Clements Village Council

| leader_title1 = Mayor

| leader_name1 = Doug Daugert

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1907

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = 1975

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| area_total_km2 = 13.59

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| population_as_of = 2021

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/search-recherche/productresults-resultatsproduits-eng.cfm?LANG=E&GEOCODE=2021A00055947030|title=2021 Census of Population geographic summary|date=9 February 2022 |accessdate=February 9, 2024}}

| population_note =

| population_total = 340

| population_density_km2 = 26

| timezone = PST

| utc_offset = −08:00

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| coordinates = {{coord|53|41|16|N|132|10|08|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 5

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| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|state=BC|TCH|16}}

| blank1_name = Waterways

| blank1_info = Masset Inlet

| website = [http://www.portclements.ca Port Clements]

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| image_flag = Port Clements Flag.png

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Port Clements is an incorporated village situated at the east end of Masset Inlet in Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of the Province of British Columbia in Canada.{{BCGNIS|38419|Port Clements (village)}} Known as Gamadiis{{cite book|author=Elders of Skidegate|title=Hlg̱aagilda X̱aayda Kil K'aalang|date=1 July 2016|publisher=Skidegate Haida Immersion Program|location=Skidegate, Haida Gwaii|isbn=978-0-9940525-6-8|page=630|edition=1}} in HlG̱aagilda X̱aayda kil, it is one of seven village sites that flourished in the rich waters at the mouth of Yakoun River, where an estuary shelters nine Pacific salmonid species and many kinds of birds.{{cite web|author=Council of the Haida Nation|title=Yaaguun Gandlaay Management Plan|url=http://www.haidanation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/yaaguun-gandlaay-aug2011-mp.pdf|website=haidanation.ca|publisher=Haida Nation, British Columbia, BC Parks|accessdate=15 Aug 2018}} Founded by Eli Tingley in 1907, it was once known under the name Queenstown, but renamed to Port Clements in 1914 after Herb S. Clements, the local MP at the time{{Cite web |url=http://www.portclements.com/ |title=The Village of Port Clements - History |access-date=2020-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205055125/http://www.portclements.com/ |archive-date=2007-02-05 |url-status=dead }} (for Comox—Atlin, then 1917-1921 for Comox—Alberni), when the name "Queenstown" duplicated and therefore became unusable for the post office.{{citation needed|date=February 2009}}

The highway leading to Port Clements from Tlell and from Port Clements to Masset was paved in 1969 and soon after completion the village became incorporated in 1975. The road to Tlell is called the straight stretch, as it is straight. The other main road that heads west to Juskatla Camp and back south to Queen Charlotte City is still gravel and mainly a logging road only open to public traffic after working hours.

Port Clements was and still is to a lesser extent the centre of the remaining logging on northern Graham Island. In this community 29.2% of the labour force works in the forest industry.[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/DATA/DD/facsheet/CF282.pdf BC Stats community facts - Port Clements] Most of the processing takes place in Juskatla Camp.

Past tourist attractions were Kiidk'yaas (The Golden Spruce) which was illegally felled by Grant Hadwin in 1997, and the White Raven, which has died.

Today, Port Clements and the nearby mouth of the Yakoun River attract visitors intending to fish for steelheads, chinook and other salmon or to go kayaking.[http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=3886 BritishColumbia.com - Regions & Towns - Port Clements] There are a few camp and picnic sites as well as hiking trails in and around Port Clements, which also has one gas station, one grocery store, a public library, a Canada Post office, a bar, a museum, a hostel, a grade school, a church and a wharf. Businesses include mechanics, small farmers and forestry contractors.