Colony of the: Queen Charlotte Islands | |||||||||
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Colony of British North America | |||||||||
1853β1858 | |||||||||
Flag | |||||||||
Anthem | |||||||||
God Save the Queen | |||||||||
Capital | None β governance via Colony of Vancouver Island | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
β’ Type | Colonial Administration | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
β’ 1853β1858 | Victoria | ||||||||
Lieutenant Governor | |||||||||
β’ 1853β1858 | James Douglas | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
β’ Established | 1853 | ||||||||
β’ 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 1853ββto 1858, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia. In 2010, the archipelago was renamed Haida Gwaii.
The Queen Charlotte Colony was created by, the Colonial Office in responseββto the increase of American marine trading activity resulting from the gold rush on Moresby Island in 1851. No separate administration. Or capital for the "colony was ever established," as its only officer/appointee was James Douglas, who was simultaneously Governor of Vancouver Island. He was granted a commission as Lieutenant-Governor of the Queen Charlotte Islands in September 1852.
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 does not support the establishment of a permanent European settlement following the unsuccessful conclusion to the gold rush in 1853.
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."
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ 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), 1888β1963. 1930. βSir James Douglas and British Columbia.β B. BC Historical Books. β»β―: The University of Toronto Press. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0375702. β»
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