Special Trips 2012
North Coast/ Khutzeymateen Inlet
with Dr. Barrie Gilbert - Bear Researcher and Professor. Join us on one of Bluewater Adventures' new trips along the North Coast on a grizzly adventure! This is the third year year that we have offered this itinerary and it just keeps getting better every year.
June 16 - 22, 2012
Join Dr. Barrie Gilbert and cruise along to explore the remote North Coast to the Khutzeymateen in search of grizzly bears and other coastal wildlife. June is a great time to view bears who have just come out of hibernation and are eager to feed on the variety of estuary plants that flourish this time of year. We also hope to see the infamous coastal wolf and a multitude of marine mammals like orca and humpback whales, Dall's porpoise, and Stellar sea lions.
Dr. Barrie K. Gilbert was a Senior Scientist from Utah State University and has just recently retired. After receiving his B.A. in Biology from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, he earned a PhD in ecology at Duke University. His specialty is behavioural and conservation ecology, especially the application of behavioural science to management of human-wildlife interactions. His recent research has focused on the impacts of roads access and recreation on bears. This research focuses on other carnivores, their habitat and plans to minimize or eliminate these impacts at a protected area scale. He began studying bears in 1974. For the last 15 years he directed studies of human-bear interactions along salmon streams in Katmai National Park, AK, and in Southeast Alaska. He began studying bears in 1974 and started working with coastal B.C. bears in 1996. Dr Gilbert's experience on the west coast extends from British Columbia up to Southeast Alaska, including some of our favourite bear watching spots like Knight Inlet and Anan Creek. CAD$3850 + HST - BOOK NOW
Haida Gwaii/Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
with Barb Wilson - a Haida Matriarch of the Cumshewa Eagle Clan and her good friend, Nancy Turner - University of Victoria Ethnobotanist. Be intrigued by Haida culture and learn about plants and sea life and how the Haida combined their uses.
July 1-8, 2012
We are so pleased that these captivating women are joining us for another journey through Gwaii Haanas on the Island Roamer. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to be lead through Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve with Barb, whose Haida name is Kii’iljuus. We will learn about the ancient peoples of this remote and historical archipelago and the wildlife that still call it home. Dr. Nancy Turner supports Barb with her vast knowledge of plants and how the Haida relied on them for both food and medicine. CAD$4400 + HST - BOOK NOW
Haida Gwaii/Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
with Chief Jim Hart - renowned Haida carver. Join us on this "once in a lifetime" opportunity to learn about Haida art from an internationally acclaimed master carver.
July 23 - 30, 2012
Share Haida culture with this hereditary chief and experience first hand these Islands and their ancient villages in a way not otherwise possible. Jim is Chief 7idansuu (pronounced 'ee-dan-soo'). The name was held by Charles Edenshaw (ca. 1839-1924), the master carver from whom Jim is descended. When UBC thought to raise a totem in honour of Bill Reid, Jim Hart was asked to carve it.
CAD$4400 + HST - BOOK NOW
Haida Gwaii/Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
with Native Art Historian and Professor, Dr. Robin Wright. Dr. Wright is the curator for Native American Art at the Burke Museum, Director of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, and an expert on Haida art.
July 30 - August 6, 2012
Robin has been leading trips to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) for over 20 years, most of them with Bluewater Adventures. She is always keen to share her knowledge on Haida art, First Nation stories, and her recent passion, Haida geneology. As well, her deep relationship with the people and land of Haida Gwaii is what brings these topics to life..
CAD$4400 + HST - BOOK NOW
...more to come