Grizzly Bear Lodge, Knight Inlet BC

I (one of the guides at the lodge) have signed off the blog for awhile, to go to work where the Internet reception makes it hard to upload pictures. I leave you with a few comments. The majority of the pictures used in the blog were taken with a Pentax Optio 6MP 3X Optical Zoom (a good, but small pocket digital) the pictures attributed to Glen came from a much better camera and of course the guest pictures are from a variety of cameras.. The two day stay at the lodge would include a “Grizzly Day and a “Whale Day” so if you click on “Select Categories” on the left and click on one of the sub category “Days” you will get an idea of what I thought was interesting and maybe get a flavour of what we do. If you are in for the third night you will have a “River Day”. We have recently added a new “Category” which is “Guest Pictures / Blog” to give a “guest eye view of their visit”. Thank you, I hope you enjoy the blog and that you will find it useful.

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British Columbia – Great Bear Rain Forest – Knight Inlet – Minstrel Island – Grizzly Bear Lodge – They all mean the same thing – Your home for two or three days. If you return to the main website and go to “About” and then to “Guest Book” you will be able to read what past guest say about the lodge.

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Made these pictures small to hide the true identity of the staff. We have each been with the lodge for ten or more years and the years are starting to show. But I am sure that when you trust us (Ed George Glen) with your lives in the boats every day experience is not a bad thing. Good food also comes from hours in the kitchen (Madeline). And of course Clint keeps the physical plant in good running order.

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Heading out in the morning. The boats we use are Double Eagle, which may mean little to you but a lot to the guides. Likely the best made boat on the BC coast and they have been in business for close to fifty years. Picture break on the floating dock in Glendale River estuary. A pause before heading to the viewing stands.

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First you have to catch the salmon. These grizzlies bears seem to have that part of their job completed.

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This grizzly bear has eaten the head first as it contain many mineral needed. Once the meal is finished it is time look for more food or maybe competition is approaching and it is necessary to prove how big one is to keep your fishing area.   In this case Bruce provides the answer in his comment. “We had been watching this female grizzly catching the salmon on the weir for quite some time then it suddenly stood up to its full height when it picked up the scent of an approaching male !”

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“We felt so privileged to be able to experience the bears up close in their own environment and Grizzly Bear Lodge’s exclusive use of the viewing stands at Glendale Cove enabled everyone in our group to get fantastic sightings.”

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This is a BIG grizzly bear. Hard to tell from the picture what he is doing but it could be a simple as eating grass. Although this picture was taken in September bears are still eating grass and berries along with salmon. Salmon are available form mid August until hibernation, the remainder of the year its is grass and berries.   Bruce comments “Although prior to our visit we had read about the thousands of salmon that congregated up river at the end of “The Salmon Run”, the wall-to-wall density of the fish was an amazing sight.”

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The extra day in camp is normally spent on the Kakweikan River with Trapper Rick. Some days on the way to Rick’s we find Grizzly Bears on the road. I remember this bear as we followed him down the road for about five or six minutes and he stayed on the road until we reached the river. He made no attempt to head for the bush rather we were ignored until he got to HIS destination which also happened to be ours. If so inclined guest may spend some time fishing on the river.

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