Queen Charlotte Islands

Meaning

Proper Noun

Haida Gwaii.

Origin

Named by George Dixon, who surveyed the archipelago in 1787, after one of his ships, the Queen Charlotte, which itself was named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of the United Kingdom.

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