Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
| Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands | |||||||||
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| Colony of British North America | |||||||||
| 1853–1858 | |||||||||
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God Save the Queen | |||||||||
| Capital | None – governance via Colony of Vancouver Island | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Colonial Administration | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1853–1858 | Victoria | ||||||||
Lieutenant Governor | |||||||||
• 1853–1858 | James Douglas | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1853 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1858 | ||||||||
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The Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago of the same name from 1853 to 1858, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia.[1] In 2010, the archipelago was renamed Haida Gwaii.[2]
The
Governor of Vancouver Island. He was granted a commission as Lieutenant-Governor of the Queen Charlotte Islands in September 1852.[3]
While the archipelago was ostensibly a British colony, historical evidence, such as a seasonal mission of exploration to survey the islands as late as 1859[4] does not support the establishment of a permanent European settlement following the unsuccessful conclusion to the gold rush in 1853.[citation needed]
Prior to and during its establishment as a nominative British colony, the archipelago was inhabited by groups of the Haida people, which comprised the sole population of the ostensible colony.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Sage, W. N. (Walter Noble). "Sir James Douglas and British Columbia". open.library.ubc.ca. p. 217. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Queen Charlotte Islands renamed Haida Gwaii in historic deal | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Sage, W. N. (Walter Noble). "Sir James Douglas and British Columbia". open.library.ubc.ca. p. 177. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Sage, W. N. (Walter Noble). "Sir James Douglas and British Columbia". open.library.ubc.ca. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Sage, W. N. (Walter Noble). "Sir James Douglas and British Columbia". open.library.ubc.ca. p. 100. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- Lillard, Charles. Just East of Sundown:The Queen Charlotte Islands.
- Sage, W. N. (Walter Noble), 1888–1963. 1930. “Sir James Douglas and British Columbia.” B. BC Historical Books. [Toronto] : The University of Toronto Press. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0375702. [1]
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