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Slow Grizzly Bear Cubs 1 of 2

May 25, 2016 Lodge Guide

grizzly bear cubs follow mother

These two first year grizzly cubs were taking their time as they walked the gravel bar next to the viewing stands we use on a Knight Inlet river. They had just crossed a small stream to get to the gravel bar and were not looking forward to what their mother had planned next…

Grizzly Bears Snorkeling

Grizzly bears are great swimmers and are commonly seen in the water in the river estuaries of BC’s Knight Inlet. They swim so well that they have now migrated across Johnstone Strait to Vancouver Island and this is between one and a half to a two-mile swim. The area biologists put radio collars on ten grizzly bears about twelve years ago and one of the bears crossed Knight Inlet five times. The two bears in this photo are swimming with the salmon in the Glendale River the site of the viewing stands Grizzly Bear Lodge uses every fall. They are looking for dead salmon that have drifted down the river to settle in a deeper pool. It is easier to pick up these fish than chase others.