so, but he decided to move into whale watching instead. Whale watching is the big draw here. It was the advent about 30 years ago and the subsequent rise in popularity of whale watching that really proved to me that larger scale accommodations were necessary on the Island. We have always promoted the Island as a whole, but a special mention should go out to our whale watching partners, Brier Island Whale and Seabird Tours, and Mariner Cruises Whale and Seabird Tours. In 2018 we are hoping to have the 1st whale festival on Brier Island. We have been in talks with promotions com- panies and whale watching enthusiasts from around the world for a while and it is looking like 2018 just might be the year. No details are ready to release but stay tuned to our social media channels, Facebook and Twitter, for more information. I was actually checking out some of the whale watching videos you have posted to Facebook – and they’re incredible. You must have stories unlike anything the readers have heard or imagined. VT: That’s the truth. Years back, a huge 20 tonne We trust these companies to give our guests an experience they’ll never forget.
humpback whale and her calf named Flash made the ocean around the island home for a number of months. They spent at least the entire summer here and then went missing in the fall. The mother was spotted without the baby and eventually, its body washed to shore. It was sad. What’s worse, but very common, it washed from beach to beach all winter. Well me and several people on the island take it upon ourselves to clean the beaches here. When you go on a walk, you bring a bag and you pick up mainly plastic. One day when I was walking and cleaning, I came across the baby whale’s body. I collect- ed its baleen, which had come dislodged from a bad storm the night before because I remembered that years
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