Rose Harbour is an unincorporated settlement on the north coast of
Kunghit Island
Kunghit Island is an island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southernmost island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, located to the south of Moresby Island. The southernmost point of Kunghit Island, called Cape St James, is use ...
, on the south shore of the
Houston Stewart Channel, in
Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii (; / , literally "Islands of the Haida people"), previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between off the British Columbia Coast, northern Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia ...
. It is within the bounds of
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area, and Haida Heritage Site, usually referred to simply as Gwaii Haanas (), is located in southernmost Haida Gwaii (formerly known as Queen Charlotte Islands), off the mainland o ...
. It is the only privately-owned property within Gwaii Haanas.
Rose Harbour was established as a whaling station in 1910 by the Queen Charlotte Whaling Company and operated until 1943. A monument survives to Chinese and Japanese people who died in the whaling trade.
Currently, there is a small group of houses at Rose Harbour, which offer lodging and dining services to kayakers and other tourists.
Images
File:Memorial to Chinese and Japanese who died in the whaling trade at Rose Harbour, Haida Gwaii.jpg, Memorial for whaling fatalities
File:Whale bones on the beach at Rose Harbour, Haida Gwaii.jpg, Whale bones on the beach
File:Sunset at Rose Harbour.jpg, Sunset at Rose Harbour
File:Consolidated Whaling Corporation plaque.jpg, Consolidated Whaling Corporation plaque
References
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Populated places in Haida Gwaii