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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Haida Gwaii

Haida village with totem poles and canoes drawn up on the beach, 1900

The 1862 smallpox epidemic

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic off the coast of distant Newfoundland on April 15, 1912, deeply engaged British Co...
DNA study illuminates Haida History

Penn and Genographic Project scientists illuminate the ancient history of circumarctic peoples Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 20:33 in...
Place-names on Haida Gwaii

Bruin Bay Graham Island This bay received its name because a large bear came down to the beach to feed abreast of the H.M.S. Virago when a...
Christian Missions on Haida Gwaii, 1829-1897

The first contact, slight though it was, between a Christian missionary and an inhabitant of Haida Gwaii took place in 1829. In that year th...
Haida Canoe makes Historic Voyage

Family and National Re-Unification. In 1825 Imperial Russia and the British Empire entered into a Treaty setting the boundary between the ...

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