Queen Charlotte Islands
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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In 2003, for instance, Chicago’s Field Museum repatriated 150 remains of Haida Gwaii ancestors stolen from burial sites in British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2021
Literally “the islands of the Haida people,” Haida Gwaii is the native name Canada assigned in 2010 to the archipelago formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 9, 2018
Her paintings from Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, are filled with vivid colors — tropical pinks, yellows and blues.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013
Canadians deny U.S. claims that the strip's boundaries encompass some 300 sq. mi. of rich fishing grounds near British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
D With Dixon, sails from England, 1785, 22; discovers that Queen Charlotte Islands are not part of mainland, 22.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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