Prince of Wales Island

American  

noun

1. the largest island in the Alexander Archipelago, in SE Alaska. 1,500 sq. mi. (3,990 sq. km).

2. an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories. About 14,000 sq. mi. (36,000 sq. km).

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Prince of Wales Island British  

noun

1. an island in N Canada, in Nunavut. Area: about 36 000 sq km (14 000 sq miles)

2. an island in SE Alaska, the largest island in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: about 4000 sq km (1500 sq miles)

3. an island in NE Australia, in N Queensland in the Torres Strait

4. the former name (until about 1867) of the island of Penang

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Example Sentences

He said he knows of people who return to Prince of Wales Island for a few weeks each year to exploit the state’s lax rules.

From Seattle Times

The city of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island has a police department but its lone officer died in January, the Ketchikan Daily News reported.

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Her family, who are Tlingit from Prince of Wales Island and Tsimshian from Annette Island, have commercially fished for at least three generations and practiced subsistence fishing for many more.

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But it started declining in the 1980s, and now just one large sawmill operates on Prince of Wales Island, which used to be the epicenter of logging in the forest.

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The wolves are found in the coastal rainforests of southeast Alaska and British Columbia and a petition filed last year by conservation groups raised particular concerns about the wolves in Alaska and on Prince of Wales Island.

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