'Oh My God, It’s a Grizzly': Bear Spotted on Texada Island After Swim From Powell River

'Oh my God, it’s a grizzly': Bear spotted on Texada Island after swim from Powell River

The bear swam to Texada on Sunday or Monday after spending about a week in the Powell River area.

Warning issued after lone grizzly bear spotted on Texada Island - BC

Grizzly bears are know to be excellent swimmers. Last summer, a grizzly sow was spotted with cubs on Vancouver Island after presumably swimming from the mainland.

Grizzly Bear Spotted On British Columbian Island For The First Time

Residents of British Columbia’s Texada Island have been warned to be “bear aware” after a large grizzly bear was spotted on the island. The bear managed to swim from the Powell River area to the island, a gap that would require at minimum a few miles in the water to cross. The bear is an adult male with a yellow ear tag and was first spotted in the Pocahontas Bay area. According to Texada resident Mark Robert, the largest predator on the island …

In a Canadian region tourists often miss, I went in search of grizzly bears - NewsGroove Uk

A grizzly bear roaming in the vast Great Bear Rainforest (Picture: Getty Images/Design Pics RF) A wild grizzly bear stands 40 metres away as I crouch behind a fallen tree, watching it chow down on some grass. Am I to be the next course? Or merely a Brit abroad, irritating this magnificent animal as it tries to concentrate on a post-hibernation meal? I’m in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, deep in the wilderness of British Columbia. As the…

Tagged grizzly bear spotted on Texada Island, prompting warning

Officials are warning residents of Texada Island that a grizzly bear has been spotted in the area. The bear, an adult male with a yellow ear tag, swam over to the island on Monday after spending a week in the Powell River area, according to the qathet Regional District. He was glimpsed in the area of Pocahontas Bay on Texada, the largest of B.C.’s Gulf Islands, and officials are now warning residents to take care to ensure the bear cannot access…