Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
IUCN category II (national park)
	Haida Gwaii Map; Gwaii Haanas is at the southern end
Location	Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Nearest city	Sandspit
Coordinates	52°23′21″N 131°28′16″W / 52.38917°N 131.47111°W
Area	1,470 km2 (570 sq mi)
Established	1988
Governing body	Gwaii Haanas Archipelago Management Board

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site, is in the southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands). It is often simply called as Gwaii Haanas (/ˌɡwaɪ ˈhɑːnəs/), It is 130 kilometres (81 miles) off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Gwaii Haanas is an archipelago of 138 islands. "Gwaii Haanas" means "Islands of Beauty" in X̱aayda kíl. It is the language of the Haida people.

The Haida Heritage Site is part of the territory of the Haida people. They have lived in Haida Gwaii for at least 14,000 years.^[1]^[2]

In 2004, Parks Canada (on behalf of the Government of Canada) added the whole area of Gwaii Haanas to its tentative list of potential future World Heritage Sites, pending the approval of UNESCO.^[3]

References

↑ Fedje, Daryl W (2005). Human History from the Time of the Loon to the Time of the Iron People. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7748-0921-4.
↑ "Earliest sign of human habitation in Canada may have been found". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
↑ Gwaii Haanas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Other websites

Notes

"MacDonald, George F." Ninstints – Haida World Heritage Site. Vancouver: UBC Press. 1983

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[1] Fedje, Daryl W (2005). Human History from the Time of the Loon to the Time of the Iron People. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7748-0921-4.

[2] "Earliest sign of human habitation in Canada may have been found". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[3] Gwaii Haanas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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v t e World Heritage Sites in Canada
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Eastern	Grand-Pré Gros Morne Joggins Fossil Cliffs L'Anse aux Meadows Miguasha Mistaken Point Old Town Lunenburg Old Quebec Red Bay Rideau Canal
Northern	Nahanni Wood Buffalo²
Tentative List	Gwaii Haanas Ivvavik / Vuntut / Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk) Quttinirpaaq The Klondike
Former	Burgess Shale (1981-1984 now part of Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks WHS)
¹ Shared with the USA ² Shared with other region/s