translate English to French: History  This rugged, storm-wracked setting was inhabited for many centuries, and as many as 40 Haida villages and camps were in Gwaii Haanas when Europeans arrived (first landing 1789).
Les contacts commerciaux entre les Européens et la population, notamment pour la traite de la fourrure de LOUTRE DE MER, ont engendré des épidémies de PETITE VÉROLE qui ont décimé la population de la région.