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).



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