 Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1954 and grew up alongside Delkatla, near the fishing village of Masset on Haida Gwaii, off the north coast of British Columbia.He is a descendant of the influential artists, Isabella Edenshaw, Charles Edenshaw.As a child, Yahgulanaas was an avid comic book reader and cartoonist.