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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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British Columbia has the largest BLACK BEAR population in North America and Vancouver Island is a concentrated version of the entire province.
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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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The Queen Charlotte Islands are located about 128 kilometers off the northwest coast of British Columbia and 720 km north of Vancouver.
At this time of year, gray whales are a common sight off Vancouver Island's west coast as they voyage north from their winter calving grounds in southern California.
Some of the oldest and largest trees in North America are found on Vancouver Island's west coast.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The northern community of resident killer whales lives off northern Vancouver Island and the mainland coast as far north as southeast Alaska.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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Qualicum Beach is located on the sheltered eastern shores of Vancouver Island just 51 km North of Nanaimo on Highway 19.
Parksville is centrally located on the sheltered eastern shores of Vancouver Island, just 37 kms [23 miles] north of Nanaimo.
You can take a cruise here, from Port Hardy on the North of Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert , just below the border with Alaska.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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The Californian Sea Lion has a range from the North American Pacific coast: South of Vancouver down to Baja California and the Galapagos Islands.
Located on the east side of Vancouver Island, just 37 kms north of Nanaimo and 150 km north of Victoria.
Located between the north eastern end of Vancouver Island and the Vancouver mainland, Johnstone Strait is internationally renowned as the finest place in the world to view Orcas in the wild.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Located in the far North West of Washington State close to the Canadian border with Vancouver Island directly across the Haro Strait.
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