01-19-2008, 11:27 PM
The Queen Charlotte Islands are a hundred and thirty islands at the edge of North America. Rainforests draped with moss. Humpbacks rising from the ocean. An ancient culture with modern villages and old ones where the remains of beautiful totems and houses stand above wild beaches.
One story goes that long ago, after the ice receded and the floodwaters lowered, Raven walked along a beach in Haida Gwaii, looking for occupation. He found some creatures in a shell and convinced them to come out. These were the first Haida, the first people, and they have lived here ever since.
When I was attending Andrews University during two summers I worked along the coast of BC with the Medical/dental clinic and one of the places we set up the portable office was in Queen Charlotte City on the Queen Charlotte Islands. What a beautiful place! What a beautiful island! It certainly is a place to visit and visiting Massett one of the First Nations Village is also an experience to treasure. It would be well worth anyone's time to visit these unique islands off the cost of Northern BC!
This is the Queen Charlotte Islands, or Haida Gwaii: A hundred and thirty islands at the edge of North America. Rainforests draped with moss. Humpbacks rising from the ocean. An ancient culture with modern villages and old ones where the remains of beautiful totems and houses stand above wild beaches.
Join the Maple Leaf for a multi-day adventure tour of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage site aboard a classic schooner.
Accompanied by wonderful naturalists, many of them actively researching the area, we have enjoyed spectacular trips here each year on the classic schooner Maple Leaf since we began operating trips in Gwaii Haanas in the 1980s.
Haida Gwaii: Islands at the Edge of the World
One story goes that long ago, after the ice receded and the floodwaters lowered, Raven walked along a beach in Haida Gwaii, looking for occupation. He found some creatures in a shell and convinced them to come out. These were the first Haida, the first people, and they have lived here ever since.
On your trip to Haida Gwaii, you'll enter the world of the Haida, arguably the most powerful pre-contact culture on the west coast of North America.
http://www.mapleleafadventures.com/our_t...agwaii.php
http://www.oceansoundkayaking.com/?gclid...iQodzXZNAg
http://www.tofino.com/qci-intro.htm
http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCiti...le-adwords
http://www.tourhaidagwaii.com/
One story goes that long ago, after the ice receded and the floodwaters lowered, Raven walked along a beach in Haida Gwaii, looking for occupation. He found some creatures in a shell and convinced them to come out. These were the first Haida, the first people, and they have lived here ever since.
When I was attending Andrews University during two summers I worked along the coast of BC with the Medical/dental clinic and one of the places we set up the portable office was in Queen Charlotte City on the Queen Charlotte Islands. What a beautiful place! What a beautiful island! It certainly is a place to visit and visiting Massett one of the First Nations Village is also an experience to treasure. It would be well worth anyone's time to visit these unique islands off the cost of Northern BC!
This is the Queen Charlotte Islands, or Haida Gwaii: A hundred and thirty islands at the edge of North America. Rainforests draped with moss. Humpbacks rising from the ocean. An ancient culture with modern villages and old ones where the remains of beautiful totems and houses stand above wild beaches.
Join the Maple Leaf for a multi-day adventure tour of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage site aboard a classic schooner.
Accompanied by wonderful naturalists, many of them actively researching the area, we have enjoyed spectacular trips here each year on the classic schooner Maple Leaf since we began operating trips in Gwaii Haanas in the 1980s.
Haida Gwaii: Islands at the Edge of the World
One story goes that long ago, after the ice receded and the floodwaters lowered, Raven walked along a beach in Haida Gwaii, looking for occupation. He found some creatures in a shell and convinced them to come out. These were the first Haida, the first people, and they have lived here ever since.
On your trip to Haida Gwaii, you'll enter the world of the Haida, arguably the most powerful pre-contact culture on the west coast of North America.
http://www.mapleleafadventures.com/our_t...agwaii.php
http://www.oceansoundkayaking.com/?gclid...iQodzXZNAg
http://www.tofino.com/qci-intro.htm
http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCiti...le-adwords
http://www.tourhaidagwaii.com/