Its at a place called Fish Creek which is just outside the tiny little village of Hyder in USA... but its only road accessible from the town of Stewart, two minutes away in British Columbia.
Anyway, its a Parks and Wildlife Service maintained site and there are lovely fenced boardwalks to watch the action from... and of course the requisite hordes of tourists all equipped with cameras with massive lenses. Im sure many of the camera lenses I saw were worth more than my motor bike :)
Actually, Im surprised this place is not better known and even more packed with tourists, since its got so many bears in such easily accessible and "safe"space that Id imagine it would be a major resort.
Seriously, I saw three black bears in the space of 1Km crossing the road, and the two brown bears at the viewing area and another crossing the road later on. There were also several other black bears on the roads within 100Km.
The bears are completely wild though, they are not being fed or lured into the area. They are feeding on spawning Chum and Pink salmon here (not as colourful as the Chinook I saw earlier).. Its absolutely forbidden for tourists to eat any food in the area of the bears... not even a chocolate bar!
So, lots a bear pictures here... Not very good though, I could only do so much with a tiny little point and shoot camera and the low light conditions :)))
