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Prince of Wales Island 2,231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska; largest island of the Alexander Archipelago. The island is heavily forested, but has little arable land, no source of freshwater, and no available areas for ship docking. Many of the islanders left when the pearl-shell industry, once profitable, declined after the 1950s.

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Prince of Wales Island, Australia, Canada, USA 1. Australia (Queensland): discovered by Captain James Cook^† in 1770 and named after the future King George IV^†, then 8 years old.2. Canada (Nunavut): discovered in 1851 and named after the future Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1901–10), then 10 years old.3. USA (Alaska): discovered in 1825 and named after the former Prince of Wales, who had become King George IV^† in 1820.

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