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Grizzly Bear Tours BC, Knight Inlet | Grizzly Bear Lodge

Welcome to Sailcone’s Grizzly Bear Lodge! We offer grizzly bear watching and wildlife adventure tours in the southern reaches of Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest.

Grizzly bear familyEnjoy intimate, personal viewing opportunities with our privileged access to prime viewing areas. Explore the pristine natural world of British Columbia’s coastal grizzly bear as well as humpback whales, Orca and a huge variety of wildlife. The scenery is as spectacular as the wildlife.

Allow us to share the natural beauty of British Columbia’s remote wilderness with you from our small, boutique style lodge. We are a family run business with long ties to the area providing experienced and respectful wildlife viewing, delicious west coast dining and comfortable waterfront lodging.

Knight Inlet, British Columbia

We are located in an ideal location to view both Grizzly and Black Bears along the coastline, in the shallow river estuaries and upriver when the salmon are returning. Our location also gives us access to world class whale watching in Johnstone Strait with frequent sightings of Humpback Whales, Orca, Dolphins and a huge variety of birds. Come immerse yourself in nature and true wilderness with us.

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That’s a Wrap on the 2024 Season

Just like that our season has come to an end. I would like to thank all of our wonderful guests and staff who made this year a huge success. I am happy to stay that all of our team is planning to return next season. We are actively taking bookings, with dates starting June 1 2025. Hope to see many of you next season.

The wildlife viewing this season was awesome. A couple highlights that come to mind was the shear number of salmon in our local rivers, as well as the abundance of Resident Orca. With salmon returns being so strong this year, we were happy to see bears in excellent condition. By the end of our season most of the bears had packed on a lot of weight and were getting very “picky” about what parts of the salmon they would eat. Hopefully this will translate into more cubs being born this winter. Another positive was the weather conditions. We had enough rain to keep our fire risks low and it made for some excellent wild berries. The bears took full advantage of this, with the berry season extending far past its normal conclusion. This did mean that we had to work hard to find bears during our summer season, (as they were often feeding on the berries deep into the forest), but moving forward it is excellent that they had such an abundant food supply. The Humpbacks also didn’t disappoint, with great numbers and a few new calves returning with their mothers to feed. After a slower year for resident Orca sightings, this season was one of the best that I can remember. In fact as Im writing this the A62 and A23’s are still being spotted in the area by dedicated biologists. Strong numbers of Chinook and Chum salmon are providing them with a steady food source. There are a lot of positive signs and we are hopeful that 2025 will be another great season.

Over the winter and spring we will be doing some repairs and maintenance. We plan on having a new cedar front deck built in time for the 2025 season, as well as new ceilings and paint in parts of the lodge and rooms. Theres always projects on the go.

Felix, Julien, Ryan, Zack and Myself all look forward to welcoming guest in June. See everyone soon.

Angus Reid

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