I’ve arrived in the islands of Haida Gwaii in the Canadian
Pacific Northwest. It is an area which doesn’t get a lot of
visitors and few people are familiar with. It is a shame,
because it is one of the most special places in North America 1)
Haida Gwaii exists If you’ve looked at a map of Canada or North
America, you’ve probably seen it even if you didn’t know what it
was. It is a triangular group of islands about 120km off the
coast of the British Columbia mainland. If you think of the
panhandle of Alaska as a handle of a dagger, Haida Gwaii would
be the blade (and if you look at it on a map, it sort of looks
like a knife blade!). The island group consists of two main
islands (Moresby and Graham islands) and over 150 smaller
islands. To get here you can fly from Vancouver or take a ferry
from Prince Rupert, BC. 2) It had a name change in 2010 The 2010
Haida Gwaii Reconciliation Act change the name of the islands
from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Haida Gwaii, which means
“islands of the people” or “islands