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Adrian MacNair  July 2, 2010 – 12:17 pm

 

Ric Ernst/Province

This used to be called a tree. But that's just another example of colonial domination.

It began with the Queen Charlotte Islands, renamed to “Haida Gwaii” by the provincial Liberal government in a reconciliation protocol between the province and the Haida people. But could other famous landmarks in the province be slated to be renamed in their original form?
The Queen Charlottes was no recent designation either. The archipelago was first visited in 1774 by Juan Perez, and later in 1778 by Captain James Cook. In 1787 the islands were surveyed by Captain George Dixon, and named after Queen Charlotte, then the wife of King George III of England. That makes the name of the islands well over 200 years old.

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