Orca Facts

An adult Orca heading straight toward our boat, Delphinus, in British Columbia, near the Johnstone Strait: Inside the wonderful museum at Telegraph Cove, BC (The Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Center), there are some awesome displays of whale and other marine mammals, but most of the museum deals with the Orca “Killer” Whale. Several posters […]

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The Bones Project

On Day 3 of my 2008 Orca trip, we visited a very interesting place, the Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Center, located in Telegraph Cove, BC. There were lots of interesting and education displays inside the museum, including several skeletons of Orcas and other marine mammals. As you enter Telegraph Cove, this is the beautiful […]

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Researcher’s Cove

After some wonderful hours with the Orcas, we stopped at Researcher’s Cove to tour a research station and talk to another whale researcher. With the setup of the cove, we had to anchor a short ways away and hike about a quarter of a mile to reach the station. After anchoring, we boarded our skiff […]

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Fun Friday: BC Redneck

During my 2008 Orca Whale trip through the waters of British Columbia, this interesting sight motored by us: I’m guessing that this area is very much like the Inside Passage area of Alaska … very few roads, so in order to move a home, you must convert your home into a “trailer home”.  :o) Photographic […]

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