Woss, British Columbia

Woss, British Columbia, commonly known as Woss Lake, is a small west coast village in the Nimpkish Valley, located 75 km (47 mi) south east of Port McNeill, and 128 km (80 mi) north of Campbell River on Highway 19, in northern Vancouver Island. The estimated population of Woss and the Nimpkish Valley is 400 people.

Woss is part of the Regional District of Mount Waddington, which also includes Alert Bay, Port Alice, Port McNeill, Hyde Creek, Coal Harbour, Holberg, Malcolm Island, Quatsino and Port Hardy. Woss has regular telephone service, but no cellular phone services. Woss has one elementary school, Woss Lake Elementary School, 33 students grades K-7.

Up until the late 1960s Woss was accessible only by rail from Beaver Cove. During this time period most of the loggers were housed in bunkhouses heated with wood fired steam. One of the original steam fired locomotives is currently used as a working tourist attraction. Nearby Woss Lake is the main summer recreational playground for Woss residents and the original community campground at the lake is now a provincial park.

Tage Wickstrom, who was the school principal until his death in 1986, built the only 440 dirt oval track and field on the north island at his school in Woss. For many years Woss Lake School hosted all of the track and field competitions for School District #85 which included communities from Woss to Port Hardy. The track and field are now know as the "Tage Wickstrom Track and Field" in honour of the educator who built them.