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Wildlife Photo Tours - Vancouver Island
Private wildlife photo tours with Rolf Hicker into the Great Bear Rainforest of the northern of Vancouver Island coast
Join me for a private photo tour in the beautiful surroundings of the Broughton Archipelago and Knight Inlet deep into First Nations Territory, the Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka’wakw People in Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia in western Canada. I offer a unique and intimate full-day educational and creative experience for my guests.
With max 4 guests onboard my custom-built boat, it offers a very different experience, ideal for families and special needs. The limited number of guests gives me the flexibility to design the day special for you and no two tours are the same.
Even though I have been a professional photographer all my life, my tours are not just about the photos we are getting but very much about the whole experience. We want to leave as little footprint as possible and never stress the wildlife. We have all the time on my tours to be patient and watch the bears, whales, sea otters and other marine wildlife and let them come to us.
Ethics, experience, knowledge and time is the secret to good wildlife watching and we have it all.
Here is a direct link to my wildlife photo tours off the coast of northern Vancouver Island…


Resting family group of resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) during sunset in Johnstone Strait off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaaeangliae) in Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear walking on a small island in beautiful Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) eating a orange starfish off the northwestern Vancouver Island shore, Cape Scott, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Bald eagle landing on a rock which is only exposed at low tide, with mussel beds in the back ground, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cougar sitting on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Amazing colours and light in Knight Inlet (Fjord), First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae) breaching in front of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains in Queen Charlotte Strait off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Clouds above Broughton Strait and the Vancouver Island landscape, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident orca (fish eating killer whale), A86 Cutter, porpoising side by side with pacific white-sided dolphins in Queen Charlotte Strait, off Malcolm Island, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A large Black bear foraging along the Knight Inlet shoreline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Three Grizzly bear cubs sitting along the shore in sea weed, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Large group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) in Queen Charlotte Strait off Vancouver Island north, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

"Ambient Light" tour boat, Vancouver Island Photo tours, in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Pictographs (rock paintings) along the shoreline in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

The "Ambient Light" tour boat of Vancouver Island Photo Tours in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cascade Point waterfall, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Looking over the Broughton Archipelago towards the British Columbia Coastal Mountains during a colorfull sunset in August, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) mom with baby a off the northwestern Vancouver Island shore, Cape Scott, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Fog along the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest coast in First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Orca Whale male in Weynton Pass during sunset, Killer Whales off Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Aerial photograph of the Broughton Archipelago Marine Park and the entrance of Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback Whale bubble net feeding, seagulls trying to join in, Broughton Archipelago, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident family pod playing in Johnstone Strait near Robson Bight Ecological Reserve with Vancouver Island forest in the background, backlit by late afternoon light in late fall, off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Millerd Creek Waterfall along the Knight Inlet shore, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Coastal grizzly bear standing (Ursus arctos) at Glendale Cove, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Raccoon looking out between boulders along the low tide line in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A54, A106, A118, A86,A75, northern resident killer whales, Orcinus orca, Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Harbour seal on a rock in beautiful Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) jumping in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Clouds and fog along the Great Bear Rainforest coastline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Male, northern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca), exhailing in Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear (Ursus americanus) standing along a cliff at low tide in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Aerial photograph of a non name waterfall and the "Ambient Light" tour boat in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Little Huson Regional Park, Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A large Steller sea lion catching and eating a fresh caught wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Female grizzly bear having a bath along the shoreline at low tide in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident killer whale breaching with open eye in front of Swanson Island off Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Three Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) jumping and socializing in Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with spread wings and a freshly caught seagull in its talons on seaweed during low tide in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale lunge feeding on a calm fall day in the Broughton Archipelago, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Mount Stephens after sunset, British Columbia Coast Mountains, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Feeding time. Humpback whales with seagulls during a peaceful sunset in Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Family pod of northern resident killer whales along the Broughton Archipelago in front of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otter off the northwestern Vancouver Island shore, Cape Scott, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

American mink (Neovison vison) eating a helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) along a shoreline in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sunrise with dramatic clouds on a rainy day in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea Otters playing in the fog off northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Aerial photograph of the Broughton Archipelago Marine Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sun rays peaking through the clouds and mist along the northern Vancouver Island shoreline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Foggy early start in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Steller sea lion looking through heavy fog, along the Great Bear Rainforest, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Bald eagles feeding on herring, Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Knight Inlet coastline, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Male Northern Resident Killer Whale surfacing on an early morning wildlife tour against beautiful British Columbia Coastal Mountains, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sunset with cloud cover over Cormorant Island and vancouver Island North, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Pacific white sided dolphins in Queen Charlotte Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Sky and clouds above Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A family pod of northern resident killer whales traveling in Johnstone Strait in early evening off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaaeangliae) lifting its tail-fluke before going for a deeper dive, on a beautiful late afternoon, Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

pictures of dolphins, pacific white sided dolphins, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, inukshuk, vancouver island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Two Orcas, mother and calf spyhopping together to see what is happening above the surface. Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Male northern resident, fish eating orca whale (killer whale) off Northern Vancouver Island coastline, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback Whale exhaling in the Broughton Archipelago, Megaptera novaeangliae, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract wave reflections, Pacific Ocean, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spouting peacefully after sunset in front of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Seagulls having a feast on a bait herring ball in front of Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Transient killer whales (orca, Orcinus orca, T30's & T137's) after killing a sea lion off Malcolm Island near Donegal Head, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Female coastal Grizzly bear resting on a rainy day along the Great Bear Rainforest coast of British Columbia, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern Resident Killer whales playing and spyhopping in front of Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Lacey Falls, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Wild Pacific White Sided Dolphins, mother with baby, travelling with high speed in the waters of Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Fog along the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest coast in British Columbia, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otter raft, Enhydra lutris, belongs to the weasel family, photographed of the west coast of northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Long exposure along the wild west coast of Vancouver Island at Cape Scott, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear mom nursing her cubs during low tide in seaweed along the Knight Inlet shore, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cascade Point (The Cascades) waterfall in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Aerial view over Johnstone Strait, Hanson Island, Blackfish Sound, Bold Head on Swanson Island, the White Cliff Islands towards Fife Sound and the British Columbia Coastal Mountains with Mount Stephens on the right, while fog is rolling in from Queen Charlotte Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Three humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) travelling close to shore in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

HDR photo of Dinosaur Rock in Little Huson Cave in Little Huson Cave Regional Park, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident killer whale group in Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Resident Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spyhopping during sunset in Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Group of resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Johnstone Strait off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident orca whale (killer whale, Orcinus orca) breaching off northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Pacific White Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) jumping, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sitting on a branch on a foggy day in the Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Two blad eagles resting on a piling in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.. Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Heavy smoke from wildlifes sink into the Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park near the Mainland of British Columbia, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Bald eagle sitting on an old tree along the Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear cub peaking from behind a rock, cute and adorable, along low tide line, in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.. Ursus arctos

Grizzly bear mom with her 3 cubs resting at low tide in seaweed along the Knight Inlet shore, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia Coastal Mountains during sunrise in fall, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Bald eagle flying in front of a cruiseship close to the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Autumn colors and fog in Knight Inlet, Ahnuhati River, Glacier Bay, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale breaching in front of the beautiful scenery of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale fluke splashing, Cormorant Island, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear mom enjoying a bath on a hot summer day along the low tideline in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cougar sitting on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Riverbank along the Kingcome River Valley in the Musgmagw Dzawada'enuwx Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Blue Heron, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sunset behind Knight Inlet Mountains, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Aerial view of the Ambient Light Tour Boat off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Mom and cub swimming back to land after foragimg on a mussle bed in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Atluck Creek cutting through the cast limestone creating Huson Natural Bridge Cave in Little Huson Cave Regional Park, Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Killer whale breaching off Donegal Head of Malcolm Island, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

The "Ambient Light" tour boat (Vancouver Island Photo Tours) during the sunset tour in Weynton pPassage off Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Atluck Creek cutting through the cast limestone creating Huson Natural Bridge Cave in Little Huson Cave Regional Park, Northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident killer whales in a resting line in front of a sport fishing boat, on a foggy morning near Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear foraging on mussels along the low tide line in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear foraging along a beach in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear standing in seaweed near waterline at low tide along the steep cliffs in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humoback whale lunge feeding with mouth wide open in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale on back waving with its flippers, Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Millerd Creek waterfall, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear female with cub feeding along the low tide line along the Knight Inlet shoreline, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cougar sitting on Gilford Island in the Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale splashing its powerful fluke In the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Ambiet Light launching before sunrise at the Alder Bay boat launch, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A small raft of cute sea otters floating off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunge feeding with mouth wide open in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Marine Park off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Deer along the waterline foraging, Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Little Cedar tree with limestone cave in background, Little Huson Cave, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Autumn colors and fog in Knight Inlet, Glacier Bay, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear (Ursus americanus) standing along a cliff at low tide in Knight Inlet, beautiful British Columbia, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear foraging at low tide along the tideline in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Pacific-white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) jumping in Thompson Sound, along the Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Young grizzly bear swimming along the Great Bear Rainforest shoreline, First Nations Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Common loon (Gavia immer) swimming in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Great Blue Heron fishing in the Broughton Archipelago along the shoreline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Steller sea lion resting on a rock in heavy fog near the Broughton Archipelago, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear Mom and her cub feeding on seaweed during low tide along the Great Bear Rainforest shoreline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Steller's sea lions growling at each other along the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia Coast, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Two harbour seals resting on a rock along the shoreline in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear yoga. Grizzly bear scratching itself with its hind legs along the low tideline in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident orca whale (killer whales, Orcinus orca) spy-hopping in Queen Charlotte Strait close to the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia Coastal Mountains, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Coastal grizzy bear stabding on its hind legs along the low tide line in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident orca whale pods (killer whales, Orcinus orca, A & G-clan) playing on a late afternoon in Queen Charlotte Strait along the British Columbia Coastal Mountains, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear cubs playing at low tide in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale lunge feeding near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear standing along the low tide line along the Knight Inlet shoreline, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Family pod of northern resident killer whales traveling in Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cruising during sunset through Blackfish Sound of Hanson Island near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black Bear at low tide in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) wrapped in kelp in Quatsino Sound off the northwestern Vancouver Island shore, Cape Scott, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear walking along the beautiful scenery of Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Two humpback whales, mom with her calf, feeding close to shore along the Knight Inlet coast, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A61, northern resident killer whales, Orcinus orca, shortly after sunrise in Johnstone Strait, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear walking in drift wood along the Knight Inlet shoreline in early May, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaaeangliae) named Domino lifting its tail-fluke before going for a deeper dive, on a rainy day off Malcolm Island near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident male orca whale (killer whale) exhailing in Johnstone Strait creating beautiful sparkles in the late afternoon sunlight, off Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear foraging on mussels along the low tide line in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae breaching in front of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains in Queen Charlotte Strait, First Nations Territory, off northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada., Sony a7R IV, 200-600mm, 1/2000, f7.1, ISO 250

Grizzly bear swimming along the Knight Inlet shoreline during low tide, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

A66, surf, male northern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) off Donegal Head (Malcolm Island) with northern Vancouver Island in the background, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Cute looking grizzly bear cub sitting half asleep, shortly after hibernation, playing with a stick at low tide in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Tidepool with starfish, sea anemones, barnacles and mussels along the west coast at San Josef Bay in Cape Scott Provicial Park, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Sea otters floating inside a kelp bed of the Kains Island Lighthouse of the north western coast of Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Coastal grizzly bear (brown bear) resting along the low tide line on Tomakstum Island in Knight Inlet, Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaaeangliae) lifting its tail-fluke before going for a deeper dive, on a beautiful late afternoon, BC Coastal Mountains, near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Humpback whale breaching in front of the beautiful scenery of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains near the Broughton Archipelago,

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae breaching in front of the British Columbia Coastal Mountains in Queen Charlotte Strait, First Nations Territory, off northern Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada., Sony a7R IV, 200-600mm, 1/2000, f7.1, ISO 250

Sea otter mom with her baby in Quatsino Sound, West Coast, Vancouver Island North, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Grizzly bear mom enjoying a bath on a hot summer day along the low tideline in Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Black bear walking along the low tide line in search for food, Broughton Archipelago, off Vancouver Island North, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.

Northern resident killer whale spyhopping on a foggy morning in Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.