Four large grizzlies

24 Sept
Lots of bear sign and half-eaten fish today. Then, just as it was getting dark, Tulip, a grizzly bear we know well, appeared with her three cubs. They must be two-year-old but are so big that they almost match her for size. We sat quietly about 20 metres away.

25 Sept
Saw a dark, medium-sized grizzly about about two kilometres south of HOC early in the morning. The bear disappeared, re-appeared and then retreated into the brush. During the day we saw a brown black bear with a light muzzle on WHC on opposite side. Then a large black bear just south of MEC. Later that afternoon we spotted a large grizzly just north of HOC. Walked upstream on the far side. Large bear: estimated 500lbs. Also saw two beavers at HOC.

Sept 26
Lots of bald eagles during rafting today.

Beavers and black bears

20 Sept
Distant sighting of a grizzly bear. Also saw two beavers in the river near HCB and a porcupine.

21 Sept
Watched two or three year old black bear grazing for 10 minutes on lake road. At HC we watched large black bear emerge just before dusk.

22 Sept

No bears today.

Tracks... and one great viewing

15 Sept
Two or three year old black bear viewing at the head of the river.

16 Sept
Two or three year old black bear viewing at HC spawning channel.

17 Sept
One brown black bear in the morning. Multiple grizzly tracks under Duncan River bridge. Then some excellent viewing just as dusk was beginning to fall of a grizzly bear that fished energetically for salmon barely 25 metres from us.