Strait of Georgia could be renamed Salish Sea Mar 10, 2008
Previously, the Queen Charlotte Islands on B.C.'s Central Coastwere given a secondname, Haida Gwaii,which means "our land" in thelanguage of the Haida Nation. But Monarchist League of Canada spokesman Bill Blore called any renaming of the strait a "terrible" idea,suggesting that something else could be named after First Nations instead. (CBC British Columbia)
Flotsam fever Mar 8, 2008
There were the empty survival suit, the closet's worth of Japanese shoes, the whale carcasses and the Coast Guard rescue dummy - all washed up along the Queen Charlotte Islands, which intercept and strain the great spin cycle of Pacific currents like a giant colander ... The most bountiful tides usually rumble in between September and March, when the north-running Davidson Current surges from California to the Queen Charlotte Islands, bringing with it a garbage dump of debris that's been... (Globe and Mail)
Ferry sailings cancelled as winds lash BC Feb 6, 2008
Environment Canada has posted wind warnings from the Queen Charlotte Islands to the south coast, through the Fraser Canyon and into the Chilcotin. The Victoria area could be hard-hit with winds gusting to 70 kilometres an hour. (Globe and Mail)
Snow turns to ice after blustery day in Vancouver Jan 30, 2008
As of Tuesday morning, snowfall warnings were in effect for the Queen Charlotte Islands and most of Vancouver Island as well as the Sunshine Coast, Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Central Okanagan. By early afternoon the snowfall warning was lifted for Vancouver, but other parts of the province received up to 25 centimetres of snow before turning to rain later in the day. (CTV.ca)
Stopwatch Gang robber Reid out on day parole Jan 30, 2008
He cannot stay with his wife, celebrated poet Susan Musgrave who divides her time between a home on the Saanich Peninsula and the Queen Charlotte Islands. Ms. Musgrave was unavailable for comment yesterday. (National Post)
How close is B.C. to The Big One? Jan 14, 2008
5 quake was recorded just after 3 a.m. local time last Saturday under the Pacific Ocean south of the Queen Charlotte Islands. A second, similar-sized quake occurred about 45 minutes later in roughly the same location. (Globe and Mail -- National)
A daring rescue in gale-force winds Jan 13, 2008
QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS ... VANCOUVER -- Looking down from a military helicopter five nautical miles off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Sergeant Dwayne Guay watched the deck of big freighter heaving in a black sea far below ... " She said the injured crew men were flown to Sandspit, on the Queen Charlotte Islands, where they were transferred to a fixed-wing Buffalo aircraft that had circled the ship during the rescue mission. The Buffalo flew the injured men to Vancouver... (Globe and Mail)
Taiwanese sailors rescued off Queen Charlotte Islands Jan 11, 2008
Canadian Air Force crews braved high winds and rough seas to rescue two injured Taiwanese deck hands after their Grand Gloryfreighterwas hit by a large wave off the Queen Charlotte Islands on Wednesday. During the rescue, approximately five nautical miles off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Cormorant helicopter from the airforce base in Comox, on Vancouver Island, hoisted four Search and Rescue Technicians down onto the rolling ship deck while a Buffalo aircraft kept a watch... (CBC British Columbia)
Third strong quake off Canada's Pacific Coast Jan 10, 2008
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Queen Charlotte Islands off Canada's Pacific Coast were rattled by the third strong undersea earthquake in less than a week on Wednesday, but no damage or injuries were reported. The 6. (Reuters Canada)
Air force rescues 2 from freighter off B.C. Jan 10, 2008
Their freighter had been hit by a large wave near the Queen Charlotte islands earlier in the day and the crew realized they needed medical attention. "The cargo ship was over 600 feet long, bouncing around when we arrived," said search technician Master Corporal Billy Ternes, in a statement from 19 Wing. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Strong quakes roll off Island Jan 7, 2008
The quakes' epicentre was in the same area, south of the Queen Charlotte Islands, about 320 kilometres from Prince Rupert and about 560 kilometres from Vancouver. Some residents of Bella Bella reported feeling the quakes, as did residents of Port Hardy and Port McNeill. (Canada.com)
Quakes strike off Canada's coast Jan 6, 2008
2 miles in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, and followed a smaller earlier 5. 3-magnitude temblor in the area. (MSNBC -- International)
Magnitude-6.7 quake hits near BC coast Jan 6, 2008
The earthquake hit 135 miles (241 kilometres) southwest of Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands ... "We thought nothing of it, put out an information statement on it, and approximately 20 minutes later the larger quake came in with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, and that was located almost in the same spot about 135 miles (241 kilometres) southwest of Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands.". (CTV.ca)
3 earthquakes strike off Canada's west coast Jan 6, 2008
The quakes were reported in an area about 230 kilometers (142 miles) southeast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, west of Port Hardy, British Columbia. The center had no e-mails or calls from anyone feeling the quake, Urban said. (International Herald Tribune)
Underwater Quake Reported Off Coast of British Columbia; Tsunami Unlikely Jan 6, 2008
7 magnitude earthquake occurred at 3:45 a.m. Pacific time about 150 miles (241 kilometers) southeast of the province's Queen Charlotte Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the center said in a statement. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides, the statement said. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
BC Ferries suspends Northern Adventure after 'human error' Jan 4, 2008
Both of the ferry's northern routes Prince Rupert to the Queen Charlotte Islands as well as Prince Rupert to Port Hardy are suspended. "We want to make sure everything is up and running on the Northern Adventure before we resume service," Marshall said. (CBC British Columbia)
Prince George ice jams starts to break up Dec 13, 2007
7 struck off the southwest coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., on Wednesday afternoon but there were no reports of major structural damage and no tsunami is expected. Jason Jaffray and Mason Raymond got their first NHL 00004000 goals as the Vancouver Canucks knocked off the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. (CBC News)
Opening date set for Bill Reid gallery Nov 14, 2007
Hart, who had never left Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands), travelled from his home in Masset, B.C., to Vancouver to carve with Reid: an amazing privilege and a terrifying honour. "He was a big icon [at home] because he's Haida and he was doing all this wonderful work down here in the city," Hart says. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
First Nations Culture in BC Nov 2, 2007
Opened in July 2007 on Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) this new attraction models a traditional Haida village of cedar longhouses. Linked by a glass atrium, the buildings house a carving shed, a performing arts theatre, an Eating House offering traditional Haida fare, a gallery displaying contemporary and traveling exhibits, and an expanded Haida Gwaii Museum. (Suite101.com)
Simulations highlight risk of oil disaster Sep 28, 2007
The animated program illustrates spills drifting out like dark clouds through salmon, seabird and mammal habitats to engulf the Queen Charlotte Islands and spread along mainland beaches of the Great Bear rain forest. "It will be devastating," said Oonagh O'Connor, energy campaign manager for the Living Oceans Society, a non-profit group that contracted a private environmental consulting firm to develop the model for specific scenarios in B.C.. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Eagles meet cruel fate in northern B.C. Sep 25, 2007
VANCOUVER When the lights blink off in the village of Masset, on the windswept north coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Margo Hearne will look up and think: "There goes another eagle." Over the past two years Ms. Hearne, a passionate birder and a member of the Delkatla Sanctuary Society, has gone out to pick up most of the 50 bald eagles that have died in Masset after striking hydroelectric wires. The full text of this article has 660 words. (Globe and Mail)
Stevens friend pays price Aug 23, 2007
A Canadian project is probing an underwater site off the Queen Charlotte Islands south of Ketchikan for traces of a possible prehistoric camp on the shores of an ancient lake long since submerged by the Pacific Ocean. The research is seeking evidence for a new theory that holds that ancient Asian seafarers, drawn by food-rich kelp beds ringing the Pacific coasts of present-day Russia, Alaska and British Columbia, began populating this hemisphere thousands of years before the migration of... (Anchorage Daily News)
Fun on a glacier 'tsunami' Aug 22, 2007
reports of a sighting of five blue whales, including one calf, near the Queen Charlotte Islands south of Ketchikan. The story says the sighting is the largest number seen in British Columbia waters in half a century. (Anchorage Daily News)
Blue whales make BC splash Aug 19, 2007
Five blue whales, including one calf, were seen near the Queen Charlotte Islands on Aug. 11. The extremely rare sighting of the 30-metre-long blue whales weighing 100 tonnes each is offering hope that the massive animals are making a comeback to British Columbia waters. (Canada.com)
NaiKun and Haida Power Authority Open Haida Gwaii Energy Centre Aug 16, 2007
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 16, 2007) - NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc., ("NaiKun" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: - ) announced today the official opening of the Haida Gwaii Energy Centre ("the Centre"), located on the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). The Centre was developed in collaboration with the Haida Power Authority (HPA) to provide and disseminate information to the public about energy on the Islands. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
British Columbia Coastal Forestry Workers Walk Off Job Amid Wage Dispute Jul 22, 2007
The strike action covers an area from the Fraser Valley near Vancouver to the Queen Charlotte Islands and across Vancouver Island, the union said. Workers also picketed Nanaimo-based Island Timberlands, a closely held company that has negotiated directly with the union. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Forest strike on hold Jul 10, 2007
Both Hunt and FIR spokesman Ron Shewchuk say the results of talks with the two companies could lead to further negotiations with FIR, which represents 65 per cent of the coastal forest industry stretching from Queen Charlotte Islands to Hope and employs 4,500 forestry workers. The union is meeting with the two companies in an effort to establish pattern agreements, one for mill workers with Interfor and a woodlands agreement with Island Timberlands. (Vancouver Sun)
Coastal workers poised to strike Sat. (4:10 pm) Jul 7, 2007
"They are scheduled to go down at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. That's when our strike notice expires and that's it," Steelworkers regional director Steve Hunt said today of operations stretching from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Hope and employ 4,500 people. "There is no appetite at all from FIR to continue talks.". (Vancouver Sun)
Korry: I am the penguin; the walrus lives next door Jul 5, 2007
But when my plane veers north of the Queen Charlotte Islands, I turn into a talking animated penguin, perpetually wearing a red and white stocking cap. My fellow air passenger morphs into a talking dog, who goes by the name Smedley. (Juneau Empire)
Ottawa lets B.C. Ferries off hook for $13-million Jun 23, 2007
The refit included customized steel work to reconstruct the Sonia's stern loading ramp to fit docks in Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, Skidegate in the Queen Charlotte Islands and McLoughlin Bay in Bella Bella ... The aging Queen of Prince Rupert makes the run between Prince Rupert and the Queen Charlotte Islands. (Globe and Mail)
Nancy DuPre Menke Jun 16, 2007
Later they traveled to Venezuela and spent time in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of western Canada. After the death of Dr. Clarke in 1990, Nancy went on an insect collecting trip to the upper Amazon Basin in Peru with a group of Smithsonian entomologists. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Penguin Found in Alaska May Have Stowed Away Jun 7, 2007
In 1944, a Humboldt penguin was reported off British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands. In 1975, a penguin was spotted near Long Beach in Washington. (Fox News)
Stowaway penguin hops hemispheres Jun 7, 2007
Penguin made improbable trek and was discovered in Alaska in July 2002. A Humboldt penguin swims at the penguin area in the Chilean Metropolitan Zoo. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Western Forest Products Reports 2007 First Quarter Net Income of $7.2 million Jun 6, 2007
You should read this discussion and analysis in conjunction with our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, and our audited annual consolidated financial statements and management's discussion and analysis ("MDr the year ended December 31, 2006 (the "2006 Annual Report"), all of which can be found on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR), at . We have prepared the financial information... (PR Newswire)
Stray penguins probably reached northern waters by fishing boat Jun 6, 2007
" The Humboldt is one of 17 penguin species, and is sometimes referred to as the Peruvian penguin because it typically lives along the coasts of Peru and Chile. The Galapagos penguin is the only species that lives north of the equator, and that is only because Isabella Island, one of the Galapagos Islands where the species lives and breeds, lies partially north of the equator. There were efforts in the early to mid 20th century to establish breeding penguin colonies in the Northern Hemisphere,... (EurekAlert!)
Marine area off B.C. coast to be protected Jun 4, 2007
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Canadian government and the Haida Indian nation have signed an agreement to designate a patch of ocean off British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands as a protected marine area. Randy Kamp, parliamentary secretary to Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn, said the agreement allows Fisheries and Oceans Canada to formally protect the Bowie Seamount under Canada's Oceans Act. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Ferry arrives in Port Hardy with no hitches Apr 10, 2007
The newest ferry in the fleet, bought last year to replace the sunken Queen of the North, experienced a series of glitches on its trip from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Prince Rupert Friday and was kept in dock in Prince Rupert for more than 30 hours while technicians scrambled to fix the public address system. The Northern Adventure, with 69 passengers, finally left Prince Rupert Saturday evening after being given a clean bill of health by Transport Canada. (Victoria Times Colonist)
B.C. Ferries christens the Northern Adventure Mar 19, 2007
The refit included customized steel work to reconstruct the Sonia's stern loading ramp to fit Vancouver Island's docks in Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, Skidegate in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and McLoughlin Bay in Bella Bella ... The aging Queen of Prince Rupert makes the run between Prince Rupert and the Queen Charlotte Islands. (Globe and Mail)
Replacement ship for sunken BC ferry dedicated in Vancouver Mar 18, 2007
The refit included customized steel work to reconstruct the Sonia's stern loading ramp to fit Vancouver Island's docks in Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, Skidegate in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and McLoughlin Bay in Bella Bella. Last month, the ship spent three weeks at the ferry company's facility in Richmond for crew training and certification. (Canada.com)
NaiKun Wind Development Inc. Calls Energy Plan Positive for Renewable Energy Sources Feb 28, 2007
"We applaud the direction of this plan," said Ray Castelli, president of NaiKun, a company developing an offshore wind farm near the province's Queen Charlotte Islands. "In particular, NaiKun supports the plan's requirement that all new electricity projects have zero net greenhouse gas emissions. Wind energy, which is abundant and emits no greenhouse gases, will help ensure - as the Energy Plan requires - that BC will continue to have at least 90% of its electricity from clean or renewable... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
NaiKun Announces Firm Underwriting by Northern Securities Feb 21, 2007
The funds will be used to finance the continuing development work of the NaiKun Wind Project, a five phase 1,750 megawatt ("MW") development proposed for the waters of Hecate Strait between Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) and the British Columbia mainland near Prince Rupert. Construction of the 320 MW Phase I is anticipated to commence in 2009. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Logging May Have Contributed To Decline Of Alaskan Sea Bird Feb 8, 2007
Trend information from sites in the Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and Vancouver Island showed that population declines of similar magnitude had also occurred. The USGS concluded that the declines were likely the result of the combined and cumulative effects of human activities, such as logging, gillnet bycatch and oil pollution, and natural factors, such as climate-driven changes in oceanographic patterns and predation. (Science Daily)
Shell minority investors bash bid Jan 24, 2007
Offshore west coast: Shell has stakes near the queen Charlotte Islands but development is at least a decade away. Profits, third quarter. (Globe and Mail)
Royal Dutch eyes boosting Shell bid Jan 19, 2007
The issue with Shell Canada is the long life of many of its assets, including the oil sands and its properties off the Queen Charlotte Islands, Mr. Racioppo said. Depending on your assumptions for energy prices, you can get values that range from the $40 levels through the $50 levels. (Globe and Mail)
Tsunami warnings issued in Japan Jan 13, 2007
In addition to the warnings issued for Japanese coastal areas, watches have also been issued for parts of the central and northern B.C. coast, the Queen Charlotte Islands, Alaska and Hawaii. "Historically, for earthquakes that size in that region .{.{. we have recorded on the coast here 0.2 to 0.3-metre tsunamis," said Dennis Sinnot, spokesman for U.S. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. (Globe and Mail)
BC's stormy weather cost insurers $80-million Jan 1, 2007
Wind warnings were in effect yesterday for the Queen Charlotte Islands, the north and central coast, and northern Vancouver Island, and resulted in some delayed sailings by B.C. Ferries. At Whistler Blackcomb, skiers are revelling in "epic" conditions, spokeswoman Christina Moore said. (Globe and Mail)
