Location: Burrard Inlet
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A Humpback in Burrard Inlet! – 14/5/20
I saw the story about the whale in Burrard Inlet so I checked the tides from the night of the 13th and made an educated guess where it would be. I went up CapitaHill in Burnaby to sit have a coffee and watch the inlet but before I even got out of my car I…
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The T124A’s in Burrard Inlet! – 1/6/17
We got an early report of Orca close by in English Bay from a fisherman. Roman found them in Burrard Inlet and stayed with them till we could get there! What was remarkable about this encounter was that we had each and every single one of the T124A family group! Yep even T124A1! This a tad…
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Transient’s in Vancouver Harbour! – 22/6/15
Well I had the day off today. Got up early, headed to the gym and during my first set of deadlifts, I got a text that whales were in the Vancouver harbour! Dilemma! Do I finish the workout I JUST started OR ditch the workout, try and find a boat and go out and see…
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An Incredible Day with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 12/3/15
What a day. It all began when what looked like every non-essential Vancouver Aquarium employee came running down to the seawall. As volunteers, my wife Christine and I were among them when a group of Biggs Killer Whales were passing Lion’s Gate Bridge, leaving the inlet after an excursion that as we learned later had…
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Lags in Burrard Inlet! – 16/11/13
I answered the phone in the interpretation office at the Vancouver Aquarium and one of the researchers from the British Columbia Cetacean Sightings Network told me there were dolphins in the inlet and I dropped the phone, yelled DOLPHINS and just ran and there was this sea of red interps and others behind me. We got…