Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
- Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands
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The Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago formerly of the same name (currently named Haida Gwaii) from 1853 to July 1863, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia.
The Queen Charlotte Colony was created by the Colonial Office in response to the increase in American marine trading activity resulting from the gold rush on Moresby Island in 1851. No separate administration or capital for the colony was ever established, as its only officer or appointee was James Douglas, who was simultaneously Governor of Vancouver Island.
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