A Clan
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Northern Residents in Howe Sound – 21/9/25
Exactly one year, to the day from my first encounter with Northern Resident Killer Whales, I was blessed to meet up with them again today. The first time was in Telegraph Cove; today was up in beautiful Howe Sound. After a two hour ride up, we encountered A61, Surge! He and the rest of the…
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August in Telegraph Cove – 8/25
Tell me how I am supposed to choose one photo for a post when this is the kind of view we were blessed with this past weekend? Myself and a few other whale nerds traveled to Telegraph Cove to explore the Broughton Archipelago with @seasmokewhalewatching. Nate and Jeannine were the most incredible guides and our…
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Seeing Whales in Telegraph Cove! – 24/8/24
Sara So, we decided to go to the northern part of Vancouver Island, to a small community called Telegraph Cove. It is in a well-known or near a well-known whale area, sort of near Port McNeill, Port Hardy, and it’s just north of the Johnston strait where the Robson Bight Michael Biggs Ecological Reserve is,…
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Northern Resident’s at a Rubbing Beach
We were on our boat the Skana to do a survey of the area, gathering data We headed out into Hecate Strait, it happened to be a beautiful day, even before we dropped the hydrophone (which we often do) in front of us some whales appeared. We were kind of surprised as we hadn’t heard…
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The A30s in Johnstone Strait – 9/10
We were lucky enough to go whale watching out of Telegraph Cove for a birthday in September in 2010. After a quick glance at a Humpback Whale we came across the A30s, a matriline that’s part of A clan of the Northern Resident Killer Whales, a fairly common matriline in Johnstone Strait. A30 “Tsitika” was…