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The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haida Gwaii are an archipelago off the north-west coast of British Columbia, Canada, consisting of two main islands: Graham Island in the North, and Moresby Island in the south.
The islands are separated from the British Columbia mainland on the east by the Hecate Strait. They are separated from Alaska on the north by the Dixon Entrance and from Vancouver Island on the south by the Queen Charlotte Sound.
Some of the land, including the homelands of the Haida people, is protected as Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site . The islands thus home to much wildlife, including many bears and the ermine haidarum subspecies of stoat. They are a popular destination for adventurous tourists.
Haida Gwaii is the site of Kiidk'yaasKiidk'yaas or Kiid K'iyaas ("ancient tree") was a Sitka Spruce tree, Picea sitchensis 'Aurea', that grew on the banks of the Yakoun River in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia. It had a rare genetic mutation causing its needles to be, a rare golden spruceAbout 35; see text. Norway Spruce Picea abies cone Spruce refers to trees of the Genus Picea a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are lar sacred to the Haida, which was cut down in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t but is now being replaced with a young tree grown from cuttingThis article is about the act of cutting. For alternate uses, see Cutting (disambiguation). Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. An impls.
The archipelago was visited in 1774 by Juan Pérez and in 1778 by Capt. James Cook. In 1787 the islands were surveyed by Capt. George DixonGeorge Dixon (1755?-i800) was an English sea captain and explorer. He served under Captain Cook in his third expedition, where he learned about the commercial possibilities along the northwest coast of North America. After the end of Cook's expedition he. The islands were named by Capt. Dixon after one of his ships, the Queen Charlotte, which was named after Queen CharlotteCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( May 19, 1744 November 17, 1818) was the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom. She was born Sophia Charlotte at Mirow in her father's duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany. Having been selected as the, wife of King George III of the United KingdomGeorge III (George William Frederick) ( 4 June 1738 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was c.
The archipelago seems to have escaped much of the glaciation of the last Ice ageFor the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie . For the band, see Ice Age (band . An ice age is a period of long-term downturn in the temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of the polar ice caps and mountain glaciers (" glaciation"). Glaci. That, and its subsequent isolation from the mainland, has produced what some call the " Galapagos of the North", a unique biological zone with many unusual animals and plants. Its climate, like that of the rest of the British Columbia and Alaskan coast in the area, is moderated by the Kuroshio Current, and features considerable precipitation and relatively mild temperatures year round.
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