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National park reserve and heritage site in British Columbia, Canada
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site (often shortened to Gwaii Haanas) is a national park reserve in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. Gwaii Haanas protects an archipelago of 138 islands, including traditional territory of the Haida Gwaii First Nations (Indigenous) people.
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a UNESCO World Heritage Site
An island off the southern Haida Gwaii. The island has the remains of a village of the Haida community of 300 people and many remaining totem poles. The village was ravaged by disease in the 1880s.
Gwaii Haanas is a remote location, accessible by sea kayak, boat or chartered floatplane only.
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