 Both communities are offshore across Broughton Strait from the town of Port McNeill, which is on Vancouver Island.The majority of 'Namgis First Nation territory, however, spans the basin of the Nimpkish River and Nimpkish Lake and adjoining parts of the interior of northern Vancouver Island.The main village of the 'Namgis is Yalis, on Cormorant Island adjacent to Alert Bay.