Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii, previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and before that as "Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai" or “Islands at the Boundary of the World," are in British Columbia, Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Daajing Giids-Skidegate.
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site is a national park reserve in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. Gwaii Haanas protects an archipelago of 138 islands, including traditional territory of the Haida Gwaii First Nations people.
Daajing Giids-Skidegate
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Daajing Giids, formerly known as Queen Charlotte or Queen Charlotte City, and Skidegate are neighbouring villages on the southeast coast of Graham Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.
Naikoon Provincial Park
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Naikoon Provincial Park is in the Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. It is 69,166 hectares of lush rainforest bordered by over 100 km of sandy beaches along the coastline.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Masset and Sandspit.
Masset
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Masset, formerly Massett, is a village in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. It is located on Masset Sound on the northern coast of Graham Island. The village of Old Masset is located 2 km from Masset, and is the site of three ancient Haida villages.
Sandspit
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Sandspit is only town on Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Sandspit is the main jumping off point for those flying in from Vancouver and to Haida Gwaii as well as for those wanting to explore Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.
Haida Gwaii
- Type: Island
- Description: island group in British Columbia, Canada
- Historically known as: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- Categories: island group and WWF ecoregion
- Location: North Coast Regional District, Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Haida Gwaii” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Haida Gwaii”
- Basque: “Haida Gwaii”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Каралевы Шарлоты”
- Belarusian: “Хайда-Гуаі”
- Bosnian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Breton: “Haida Gwaii”
- Bulgarian: “Хайда Гуаи”
- Catalan: “Haida Gwaii”
- Catalan: “Illes de la Reina Carlota”
- Cebuano: “Haida Gwaii”
- Cebuano: “Queen Charlotte Island”
- Chinese: “夏洛特王后群岛”
- Chinese: “夏洛特皇后群岛”
- Chinese: “夏洛特皇后群島”
- Chinese: “海达瓜依”
- Chinese: “海達桂羣島”
- Croatian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Croatian: “Otoci kraljice Charlotte”
- Czech: “Haida Gwaii”
- Czech: “ostrovy královny Charlotty”
- Danish: “Haida Gwaii”
- Danish: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- Dutch: “Haida Gwaii”
- Dutch: “Koningin Charlotte-eilanden”
- Dutch: “Queen Charlotte Island”
- Dutch: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- Esperanto: “Arkipelago Reĝino Karloto”
- Esperanto: “Haida Gwaii”
- Esperanto: “Insuloj de Reĝino Charlotte”
- Finnish: “Haida Gwaii”
- Finnish: “Kuningatar Charlotten saaret”
- French: “Haida Gwaii”
- French: “Haïda Gwaïi”
- French: “îles de la Reine Charlotte”
- French: “iles de la Reine-Charlotte”
- French: “îles de la reine-charlotte”
- French: “Îles de la Reine-Charlotte” (historical)
- Galician: “Haida Gwaii”
- German: “Haida Gwaii”
- German: “Königin-Charlotte-Inseln”
- German: “QCI”
- German: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- German: “Queen-Charlotte-Archipel”
- German: “Queen-Charlotte-Inseln”
- Hebrew: “היידה גוואי”
- Icelandic: “Haida Gwaii”
- Indonesian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Irish: “Oileáin Shéarlait”
- Italian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Italian: “Isole Regina Carlotta”
- Italian: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- Japanese: “クィーン・シャーロット諸島”
- Japanese: “クイーン・シャーロット諸島”
- Japanese: “クィーンシャーロット諸島”
- Japanese: “クイーンシャーロット諸島”
- Japanese: “ハイダ・グワイ”
- Javanese: “Haida Gwaii”
- Korean: “퀸 샬럿 제도”
- Korean: “퀸 샬로트 제도”
- Korean: “하이다 과이”
- Korean: “하이다과이”
- Latvian: “Haida Gvaī”
- Lithuanian: “Haida Gvai”
- Lithuanian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Lithuanian: “Karalienės Karolinos salos”
- Lithuanian: “Karalienės Šarlotės salos”
- Malayalam: “ഹൈഡ ഗ്വായ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haida Gwaii”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charlotteøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haida Gwaii”
- Norwegian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Persian: “هایدا گوای”
- Polish: “Haida Gwaii”
- Polish: “Wyspy Królowej Charlotty”
- Portuguese: “Haida Gwaii”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas da Rainha Carlota”
- Russian: “острова Королевы Шарлотты”
- Russian: “Хайда-Гуаи”
- Russian: “Хайда-Гуай”
- Serbian: “Hajda Gvaj”
- Serbian: “Хаида Гваи”
- Serbian: “Хајда Гвај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Haida Gwaii”
- Slovenian: “Otoki kraljice Šarlote”
- Spanish: “Archipielago de la Reina Carlota”
- Spanish: “Archipiélago de la Reina Carlota”
- Spanish: “Haida Gwaii”
- Spanish: “Islas de la Reina Carlota”
- Spanish: “Islas Reina Carlota”
- Spanish: “Queen Charlotte”
- Swedish: “Drottning Charlottas öar”
- Swedish: “Haida Gwaii”
- Swedish: “Queen Charlotte Islands”
- Swedish: “Queen Charlotte-öarna”
- Thai: “ไฮดาไกว”
- Turkish: “Queen Charlotte Adası”
- Turkish: “Queen Charlotte Island”
- Ukrainian: “Xайда Ґваї”
- Ukrainian: “Гайда-Ґуаіі”
- Ukrainian: “Острови Королеви Шарлоти”
- Ukrainian: “Хайда Ґваї”
- Ukrainian: “Хайда-Гваї”
- Uzbek: “Hayda Gvay”
- Uzbek: “Qirolicha sharlotta orollari”
- Vietnamese: “Haida Gwaii”
- Vietnamese: “quần đảo Nữ hoàng Charlotte”
- Vietnamese: “quần đảo Queen Charlotte”
- Western Frisian: “Keninginne Sjarlotte-eilannen”
- Yue Chinese: “夏洛皇后羣島”
- Yue Chinese: “海達桂羣島”
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