The North Coast Regional District (until 2016 known as the Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District) is a quasi-municipal administrative area in

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. It is located on British Columbia's west coast and includes

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(formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands), the largest of which are

Graham Island Graham Island () is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), lying off the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from the other pr ...

and

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. Its administrative offices are in the City of

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Demographics

As a

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in the

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conducted by

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, the North Coast Regional District, previously the Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District, had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. *Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Electoral areas

*Area A - Skeena North: 29 **Dodge Cove (unincorporated community): 29 (down from 52 in 2011) **Crippen Cove ** Metlakatla **

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*Area C - Skeena South: 147 **

Porcher Island Porcher Island is an island in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada, near the mouth of the Skeena River and southwest of the port city of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince Rupert. The locality of Porcher Island is located near the is ...

***Oona River (unincorporated community): 147 (up from 37 in 2011) *** Humpback Bay ***Hunts Inlet **

** Port Edward **

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*Area D - Haida Gwaii North: 524 **Rural Graham Island: 524 (down from 607 in 2006) *** Tlell *** Tow Hill ***Lawn Hill ***Miller Creek ** Daajing Giids (formerly Queen Charlotte) **

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Old Massett Old Massett () is a reserve on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. It lies on the east side of Masset Sound close to the town of Masset; the area of land it is on is legally designated Masset Indian Reserve No. 1, or Masset 1. The ...

Port Clements Port Clements is an incorporated village situated at the east end of Masset Inlet in Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of the Province of British Columbia in Canada. Known as Gamadiis in HlG̱aagilda X̱aayda ki ...

*Area E - Haida Gwaii South: 317 **pop 2011 was 317, down from 402 in 2006 *** Sandspit (unincorporated community): 297 (down from 387 in 2006)

Municipalities

* City of Prince Rupert: 12,220 * Village of Daajing Giids: 948 * Village of Masset: 940 * District of Port Edward: 557 * Village of Port Clements: 440

Indian reserves

In addition to 7,700 aboriginal persons listed in the regional district's community profile at

, there are four separate Indian reserve communities within the regional district whose populations are not included within the regional district's figures, and which are governed separately by their respective band governments. These Indian reserves are: *

(Masset Indian Reserve No. 1); *

(Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1); * Metlakatla; and *

(Port Simpson Indian Reserve No. 1).

Past naming

The Regional District had historically been called the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, referring to its location on the

Skeena River The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (after the Fraser River). Since ancient times, the Skeena has been an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan—whose na ...

and the Queen Charlotte archipelago. Once the Queen Charlottes were renamed Haidi Gwaii to reflect their Indigenous heritage, discussions began about renaming the Regional District to reflect the update. In September 2016, letters patent were granted renaming it to the North Coast Regional District

Transportation

The North Coast Regional District is served by

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at Kwinitsa station, on the

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mainline in Kwinitsa on the north side of the Skeena River across from Yellowhead highway 16. The

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is located between the Khyex River and the Kasiks River. The station is served by

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as a

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Notes

References

External links

* {{coord missing, British Columbia Regional districts of British Columbia