If you’re keen on whale watching, the Johnstone Strait and the Broughton Archipelago (between mainland BC and northern Vancouver Island) are two of the best places in the world to spot orcas. Nuxalk Nation, Thorsen Creek, Great Bear Rainforest | Callum Snape When To Go to the Great Bear...
Kick back and relax at one of British Columbia's spas, wellness centres, or natural hot springs.
These hot-springs waterfalls, at a constant temperature of 120 degrees, pour from mossy cliffs into pools worn into Vancouver Island’s coastline by the ceaseless dripping of the springs. As you soak away the afternoon, the falling water will soothe any muscle aches you may have acquired while...
“It didn’t want to let go,” one witness told CTV Vancouver. “It pulled her into the bush and was trying to pull her further and people were whacking its head, eventually it let go but tried to bite her again.” The bear, which officials say was with its cub at the time, ...
Although this specimen captured off Vancouver Island (Canada) was reported as Bathyraja spinicauda, the reported range for B. spinicauda is restricted to the North Atlantic and a taxonomic re-assessment of this specimen confirmed it to be B. spinosissima15. Therefore, we conclude that the ...
Kayaking: Kayak with whales off of Vancouver Island. Canada Safaris Nimmo Bay Adventure Enjoy an exciting whale watching excursion, travelling through both protected and open-coast marine waters and make interpretive stops that feature coastal wildlife and rainforest. Explore the region around Nimmo Ba...
Vancouver Island is covered with trees (at least those parts that have not been logged out yet). One particularly notable grove is Cathedral Grove, part of MacMillan Provincial Park. In Cathedral Grove enormous Douglas fir and Western hemlock trees are found, not yet taken by the logging indust...
but luckily I’d built a spare hour into the plans for this eventuality. I decided to go south down Island Road to search its deciduous woods for Downy Woodpecker and Bewick’s Wren, but the big surprise there was a singing Yellow-breasted Chat. Back on River Road, we looked at the no...
Himwitsa Lodge is located in the downtown core of Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, near the end of the Trans Canada Highway. Tofino is a beautiful rural town that is situated in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve as well as the United Nations World Biosphere Reserve. During peak...
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