Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site covers the southernmost part of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago of 138 islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1988, it protects about 1,470 square kilometers of land and sea, and its name means Islands of Beauty in the Haida language. The reserve is jointly managed by the Canadian government and the Haida Nation, whose people have inhabited the islands for an estimated 8,000 to 14,000 years, and it includes a UNESCO World Heritage component preserving traditional Haida village remains, among them standing totem poles and cedar longhouses.
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