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The Haida were seafaring peoples of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of what is now British Columbia. In the early eighteenth century, some Haida moved north to the southern part of Prince of Wales Island, becoming known as the Kaigani Haida.

In 1774 Haida canoes met the Spanish explorer Juan Pérez off Haida Gwaii. From 1787 they traded sea otter pelts with British captain George Dixon, entering a maritime fur trade that connected the Northwest Coast to China.