Queen Charlotte Islands
A group in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast
of British Columbia. Discovered by Captain Cook in 1778. Captain George
Dixon examined both the eastern and western shores of the islands in
1787, and named them after his ship, the Queen Charlotte. The natives
are known as Haidas. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) Portlock and Dixon discover that group
is not part of mainland, 22; discovery confirmed by Duncan in 1788, 22;
Douglas at, 29; coal discovered, 191; discovery of gold, 219. =Bib.=:
Poole, Queen Charlotte Islands; Chittenden, Report of Exploration of
Queen Charlotte Islands; Dawson, Report on the Queen Charlotte
Islands (Geol. Survey, 1878-1879).