Gus, a Tseshaht Beachkeeper charged with helping visitors to the area with orientation and directions, estimated the face on Reeks Island, part of the Broken Group Islands, measures about 7 feet tall.
"It's quite noticeable from the water; it's pretty large," Gus told CTV News. "It's high up and there's bunch of rock cliffs on the side."
Matthew Payne, program manager for Parks Canada First Nations, said officials are working to determine whether the face was deliberately carved into the rock or a natural formation.
"Mother Nature is capable of creating all sorts of amazing things, though the face is very striking," Payne told ABC News. "But we still can't definitively say if the face is man-made or not."
"The Tseshaht has lived in area for thousands of years, so [we're] working with the First Nations to find out if there are any oral histories the face could link back to," he said.
