Vancouver Island Nature Tours

Over the last few years Black Bears have been reliably seen on the other side of the Somass River - especially at low tide. But this year it has been different. I think it must be due to the low numbers of Sockeye Salmon returning over the summer. They just haven’t been around much.

But in [...]

Although it isn’t part of the trips I do, I took some people to the Carmanah Valley last week. I don’t go there very often. But when I do, I am always impressed. It is home to the largest tree in Canada, a Sitka Spruce 95 meters tall. Although the trail to this tree is [...]

In my spare time I also write a column on tourism in the local newspaper. The local community is in transition from a logging and milling town to something else. What, we don’t know yet. But tourism is likely going to play a much larger role in the economy in the future. Anyway, I will [...]