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Pacific Northwest Whale WatchingWhale watching is popular April through September and usually focuses on the area around the San Juan Islands and the Canadian Gulf Islands. A number of charter boat companies run whale watching cruises and you can find such charters at various ports around Puget Sound and the coastal waters of British Columbia. In most cases it is a good idea to call ahead and make reservations in advance of the date you might want to join a whale watching cruise.Companies running whale watching cruises are listed by state and province: Related Web Sites Coastal
Research Foundation (CERF). Allison Harbour,
P.
O.
Box 124,
Port Hardy, BC V0N
2P0. Phone: 604-202-9350;
Toll-free: 1-877-223-2373;
Fax: 815-327-0183.
E-mail Killer-whale numbers dipping; experts consider endangered-species listing Northwest Center for Environmental Education, San Juan Island, WA, USA. A summer 1996 science camp, with a focus on the Orca and other marine mammals. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. 138 West First Street, Port Angeles WA 98362. Phone: 360-457-6622. Covers 3,310-square miles of marine waters off the Olympic Peninsula coastline and provides habitat for one of the most diverse marine mammal faunas in North America and a critical link in the Pacific flyway. The sanctuary boasts a rich mix of cultures, preserved in contemporary lives of members of Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah tribes. Pacific Orca Society, British Columbia Pacific Rim Whale Festival. Box 428, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0. Phone: 250-726-4641, or, 250-725-3414; Fax: 250-726-4611. E-mail The
Virtual Whale Project A whale of a time: Orca-watching tours now available in south Puget Sound The Whale Museum. The Whale Museum. 62 First Street North, P.O. Box 945, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA 98250. Toll-free: 1-800-946-7227. Whale
Net Whales
on the Net Whalesong - An odyssey of sight, sound, and science by Ken McCann "Whale
Watching Spoken Here"® Wildlife of the San Juan Islands. P.O. Box 3032, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. Phone: 360-378-5571. |
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Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-Watching Trips in North America. Killer
Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia
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