The Gwaüsala are one of the main groups of the Kwakwakaüwakw people, now joined with the üNaküwaxdaüxw (Nakoaktok) in the Gwaüsala-üNakwaxdaüxw Nations band government. Their traditional home and current territory is around Smith Sound and Smith Inlet, while that of the üNakwaxdaüxw is at Blunden Harbour further south on the north side of Queen Charlotte Strait.