Kwatsi Bay is a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

on the North American mainland of

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. It is just north of

Gilford Island Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of . Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east. Port Elizabet ...

on the north side of

Tribune Channel Tribune Channel is a channel or strait on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, separating the north and east sides of Gilford Island from the mainland. The channel bends around the island's east side, with the mouth of Thompson Sound at ...

. At the head of the bay was its namesake, '' kwatsi'', a former village of the Kwicksutaineuk group of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. Kwatsi Point is the headland at the southeast corner of the bay, located at .BC Names/GeoBC entry "Kwatsi Point"
/ref> Kwatsi Bay is approximately by air from the

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. It is a popular destination for pleasure boaters.

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Map of the area
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Region. Bays of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub