Toll Free Telephone: 1-877-764-4286
Local Telephone: 1-250-334-8858
Cell: 1-250-331-1091
Email: grizzlybear@shaw.ca
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Grizzly Bear Lodge and Safari
Knight Inlet
Johnstone Strait
British Columbia Coast
BC, Canada
Our mailing address for regular mail is not the actual physical site location of our lodge:
Grizzly Bear Lodge and Safari
#10 3100 Kensington Cres
Courtenay, B.C.
V9N 8Z8
The last 3 years we have been starting to view sea otters in our area more regularly. They are still often a distance away, but the sightings are increasing with some “rafts” of them developing in areas near the western portion of our whale watching trips. These animals were hunted heavily for their fur and were completely wiped out of British Columbia waters. Re-introduction occurred from Alaskan otters in the 1960’s. They have long been protected and their numbers have been steadily increasing along the exposed BC coast and are now moving back into inside waters. They are unique in that they don’t have the insulating blubber that other marine mammals use to keep warm. As a result they have dense (over 1 million hairs per square inch) fur and feed heavily. They are important in balancing the eco-system. They eat a lot of sea urchins, which eat a lot of kelp. Kelp is extremely important as it provides cover for juvenile fish and is where the herring spawn in the early spring. With the increase in these otters we are seeing a greater abundance and healthier kelp forests.
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