Events
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An Amazing Interaction with a Brand New J50! – 28/12/14
On a very cold, windy, grey day I went for a brisk walk out to East Point, out far beyond on the fog alarm. I heard something, the unmistakable sound of a whale but it was too windy to really see anything. I then spotted a group of whales, about 4 or 5 of them…
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Amazing but Quick Interaction with Two Orca Calves! – 7/99
16 years ago I took my granddaughters down to East Point to see a big pod of Killer Whales. We went down onto the rocks right on the waters edge. Suddenly, two very tiny (probably 4 or 5 feet long) calves swam right up to us and put their snouts about 6 inches from my…
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Minke Whale in Gange’s Harbour! – 15/10/02
There was about five Bigg’s (Transients) Killer Whales that had cornered a Minke whale onto the rock jetty at Ganges Harbour on Saltspring. Beautiful whale, breathing heavily. It was so shallow when the tide went out that the bulls couldn’t get in to reach the Minke. It was such a sight to see on the…
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Recap: Whale Tales Sea Talk on Saturna Island!
Dr. Andrew Trites (Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit & North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium) and Whale Tales joined with the Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society on Saturday, August 15 for a fantastic evening of fish tacos and cetacean stories. The event was held at Thompson Park and it turned out to be…