Editing Hecate Strait (section)

==History==
Because it is so shallow, Hecate Strait is especially susceptible to storms and violent weather{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}. The [[Haida people|Haida]] of Haida Gwaii crossed the Hecate Strait to the mainland to plunder coastal villages to take slaves and booty. Sometimes mainland First Nations crossed Hecate Strait to Haida Gwaii, such as a [[Nisga'a]] war party from the lower [[Nass River]], which crossed the strait in a retaliatory raid after an attack by Haida Ravens from [[Hiellen]], which took Nisga'a slaves back to Hiellen. The inhabitants of Hiellen, fearing a Nisga'a retaliation, took refuge in [[Masset]]. The Nisga'a found Hiellen abandoned and burned it to the ground. Haida from Masset counterattacked, resulting in a long battle at Hiellen and nearby [[Taaw Tldáaw]]. The Nisga'a survivors crossed Hecate Strait again to return home.<ref name=MacDonald>{{cite book |last= MacDonald |first= George F. |title= Chiefs of the Sea and Sky: Haida Heritage Sites of the Queen Charlotte Islands |publisher= University of British Columbia Press |date= 1989 |isbn= 9780774803311 |pages= 82–83 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=trMpIYjio_wC&pg=PA82 |access-date= 14 April 2023}}</ref>

The Strait was first explored for the europeans in 1792 by the spanish [[Spanish Armada|Armada]] explorer [[Jacinto Caamaño]]. Hecate Strait was named by Captain [[George Henry Richards]] in 1861 or 1862 after his surveying vessel, [[HMS Hecate (1839)|HMS ''Hecate'']].<ref name=bcgnis/>