Queen Charlotte Sound

Queen Charlotte Sound opens to the Pacific between Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, joining waters to the north and south through channels among the islands. The sound lies within the maritime territory of the Heiltsuk people. In 1786 James Strange led a fur-trading expedition through these waters and gave Queen Charlotte's name to an opening he saw from Goletas Channel. The name came to be used for the wider sound as well as the strait to its south.