The park's many inlets, islets, coves, and bays attract many pleasure crafts each summer,[2] when it is not uncommon for a hundred boats to share a small anchorage.

[3] The sound is home to a wide variety of wildlife and remains relatively free from development, although some areas, such as Theodosia Inlet, show signs of clear-cut logging.

Another significant factor was that Vancouver's view was influenced by “European cultural aesthetics,”[4] as he didn't recognize most indigenous-altered landscapes as occupied by people.

The Sliammon First Nations, however, provide an opposing narrative of unequal power relations and a homeland turned into a landscape for non-native visitors, taken over and destroyed by outsiders.

[4] As First Nations were pressured off their land, Desolation Sound reverted to a wild and uninhabited state, attracting those seeking a retreat from industrial society.

[4] Summer houses were constructed in prime hunting and gathering locations and archeological sites, including graves, which were robbed as souvenirs.

that people began to value the 10,000-year history of the area's Native occupants,[8] who have built their lives around what Captain Vancouver called Desolation Sound.

Untreated sewage and accidental fuel leaks from homes and boats have led to water pollution, dangerous for marine life and those relying on seafood as a primary food source.

While many still maintain the spiritual connection and use of land, it is increasingly complicated by the private property of settlers, tourism, pollution, and ecological protection areas.

Its goals are to encourage capacity building and assist First Nations communities in British Columbia in addressing their environmental health challenges.

The Program integrates Indigenous methods of knowing, traditional knowledge, and empirical science to support community-based research on environmental health challenges.

[6] Thanks to an abundance of favorable habitats, the park also supports many species of seagrass such as eelgrass, which play an important role in sequestering carbon dioxide.

The BC government believes it is important to keep the local communities safe first as they are the first line that responds to extreme weather events.

To better manage coastline development and access issues, the province aims to balance the need for recreational services and the protection of local habitats.

[13] A sustainable economy not only focuses on GDP — It benefits the local community from many perspectives for a long time and it is good for people's future generations.

Some examples of this include placing campgrounds on environmentally sensitive land or letting hundreds of yachts anchor in a few tiny bays.

[4] For 10 millennia, the region served as a major source of food for Indigenous people due to the abundance of mussels, mollusks, and oysters that flourish in the warmest waters found in the north of Baja.