Location
- Main industries are fishing and logging.
- SGang Gwaay (Anthony Island) is home to the most impressive collection of standing Haida mortuary poles in the world.
The Queen Charlotte Islands, home to the Haida First Nations people for more than 8,000 years, mark the first location in BC that was discovered by Europeans in 1774. It is located approximately 120 km west of the outer islands of the northern BC coast, south of the Alaska panhandle. An archipelago of more than 150 islands, they have gained a reputation for their outstanding natural beauty and remarkable First Nations culture.
Queen Charlotte City is a small, yet thriving community of fishing and logging industries. Recreational opportunities in the area include camping, fishing, boating, hiking, biking and kayaking.
The relatively mild climate here is typical of a northern coastal location with summer temperatures averaging 18 degrees Celsius and winter temperatures averaging around 4 degrees. An average of 1250 mm of rain falls here each year, but snow is rare.
Queen Charlotte City is the administrative centre for the islands. There are several government offices here, including the Canadian Parks Service, however the economy is largely sustained by logging, fishing and increasingly, tourism.
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