Langara Island
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Langara Island, one of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, is the northernmost of that group. It is named after Spanish naval commander Juan de Lángara. During Lángara's period at the head of the Spanish navy, Spanish explorers were charting the coast of what is now British Columbia, and, in their charts, named some land formations after him.
Juan José Pérez Hernández was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record these islands. His frigate was the Santiago, which was manned mostly by Mexicans. In July 1774, he briefly met a group of Haida off the northwestern tip of Langara Island.
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