To the Charlottes: George M. Dawson's 1878 Survey of the Queen Charlotte Islands

by Douglas Cole

Haida-Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) were still relativelyuntouched by European exploration when, in the summer of 1878, a younggeologist name George Dawson arrived there on behalf of the GeologicalSurvey of Canada. Separated from the mainland by many kilometres ofwater, the islands had retained a distinct ecological and culturalenvionment that reflected millennia of isolation. They were, at thetime that Dawson visited them, home to many rare...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774804157
• ISBN13: 9780774804158
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.