Wednesday, July 18, 2007

A tourist in your own backyard (bear division)

Here's how their describing our corner of the tourist woods back east. The Ottawa Citizen published the 10 ways to see, taste and feel Canada, and included on that list is something that can only be done from Prince Rupert.

Picked up by the Vancouver Sun the story has been posted to the Suns website.

Come see the bears from a safe distance is the theme of the nice plug that Prince Rupert Adventure tours gets from the Canwest News Service.

10 ways to see, taste and feel Canada
Vancouver Sun
July 18, 2007

- 1. BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEE GRIZZLIES, SAFELY -- AND AFFORDABLY:


Prince Rupert Adventure Tours, a company that's been operating since 1988, has launched a 100-passenger boat that will take you down rugged fiords into the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary -- home of the largest population of grizzly bears anywhere on Earth.

The six-hour trips cost $155 for adults, $135 for children -- box lunches included -- and are likely to get up close to orcas, eagles, seals, mountain goats and spectacular scenery even before you reach the sanctuary, where the catamaran will keep a respectable distance from shore to protect you and the endangered bears.

HOW TO GET TO PRINCE RUPERT:

You have a couple of spectacular options. You can take a B.C. ferry from Port Hardy, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. The 18-hour, all-daylight trip has been called the poor man's Alaska cruise. Or you can take the train from Jasper to Prince Rupert, B.C. -- in Via's "Totem Deluxe" class, all the cars have domes for sensational sightseeing.

See www.westcoastlaunch.com or 1-800-201-8377.

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