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Haida Gwaii (/ ˈhaɪdə ˈɡwaɪ /; [2] Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people "), [3] also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between 55–125 km (34–78 mi) off the northern Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The islands are separated from ...
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site, usually referred to simply as Gwaii Haanas (/ ˌɡwaɪ ˈhɑːnəs /), is located in southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands), 130 kilometres (81 miles) off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada.
Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) The Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago of the same name from 1853 to 1858, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia. [1] In 2010, the archipelago was renamed Haida Gwaii.
Haida kil. Country. Haida Gwaii. The Haida (English: / ˈhaɪdə /, Haida: X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat) are an Indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years. [3] The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship.
daajinggiids.ca. Daajing Giids (DAW-jing GEEDS), [4] known as Queen Charlotte City from 1891–2022, is a village municipality in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southern end of Graham Island at Skidegate Inlet and is a member ...
It is located off the coast of the southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), 130 kilometres off the mainland of British Columbia. It is immediately adjacent to Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site. The level of protection differs from that of the National Park Reserve, however, allowing ...
The Queen Charlottes Gold Rush was a gold rush in southern Haida Gwaii of what is now the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 1851. The rush was touched off in March 1851 when a Haida man traded a 27-troy-ounce (30 oz; 840 g) nugget in Fort Victoria for 1,500 blankets. The crew of the Hudson's Bay Company vessel Una were the first to ...
The 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake was caused by a rupture on the Queen Charlotte Fault, which forms part of the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. This fault runs from northern Vancouver Island, west of Haida Gwaii, up to the Gulf of Alaska. The earthquake ruptured the fault for a distance more than 500 km (311 mi ...