Whaleof a time
Canada has some of the best whale watching in the world, but when and where should you go? Nikki Bayley finds out
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ike a magic show, it’s the puff of smoke that tells you something exciting is about to happen. You scan the horizon looking for that telltale plume that means a whale will soon surface, slapping its tail and sometimes even breeching high out of the water in a thrilling gymnastic display. Bordered by the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans,
Canada’s waters are a playground for cetaceans of all stripes, from the beluga whales of Churchill, Manitoba,
BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia offers Canada’s longest whale- watching season. Pacific gray whales arrive in late February as they migrate from the Bering Sea to the Baja Peninsula along the west coast of Vancouver
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and the orcas in British Columbia’s Pacific, to the humpbacks and blue whales of Quebec’s Saguenay Fjord, and even the unicorn-like narwhals in the Arctic.
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