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I’m just back from a trip to the Khutzeymateen Provincial Park, inland along the Portland Canal on the northern BC coast. It is Canada’s only wild grizzly bear conservancy and what a superb place it is. Preserved for the bears first, (what a refreshing change!) and people second. Very few operators and only around 200 visitors per year are allowed in to the sanctuary which takes in the large Khutzeymateen river estuary. Whilst watching this young grizzly bear on the side of the river from a boat, he decided the grass was greener on the other side so decided to swim across. Set on his route nothing was going to stop him, so we had a choice; get out of his path or he’d just climb over us to get to the opposite river bank. No malice, no aggression, he just wanted to swim by.
I’ll be posting more from my trip to the Khutz as I get them processed over the next few weeks. Enjoy!
