Queen Charlotte Islands

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS are an archipelago of several hundred islands and islets covering 9,596 sq km on the North Coast across HECATE STRAIT from PRINCE RUPERT. The 2 largest islands are Graham in the north and Moresby in the south; most of the others are small and uninhabited. The archipelago is roughly 300 km long and 85 km across at its greatest width. It is the homeland of the HAIDA people, who call it Haida Gwaii ("Islands of the People") and have lived here for thousands of years. As...

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