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Whale & Marine Watching in Canada

Canada has a vast coastline and is home to numerous marine creatures. The three oceans””the Arctic, the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean””surrounding Canada, are replete with magical marine creatures. Presence of diverse aquatic animals including the whales has drawn large number of visitors to Canada. Whale & Marine

Watching in Canada can be a life time experience to the tourists visiting Canada.

The whales are largely found in the Vancouver Island and along the inner channel to Alaska. Other categories of whales are found in Fundy Isles, Digby Neck, Cape Breton Island and in the Witless Bay. Anyone who has visited Canada and has not gone for whale-watching must have missed something in their life. The whale & marine watching in Canada can be a lifetime experience to the visitors of Canada. Apart from the 230 categories of fish, marine life in Canada includes the following creatures.

Beluga Whale
Bowhead Whale
Humpback Whale
Orca’s or Killer Whales
Atlantic Walrus
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
Gray Seals
Leatherback Turtle
Snapping Turtle
Painted Turtle
Stinkpot Turtle

Whale & marine watching tour operators in Canada

Everyone should experience the wonderful whale & marine watching tours in

Canada at least once in their lifetime. Whale watching takes you to a different world where you can see the largest mammal in the world as well as other marine creatures. You give a look at the speedy whale, it stares you back in reciprocity. Majority of the whale watching tours in Canada last for two to five hours. Sometimes, the tour operators arrange trips for small number of persons in small boat and sometimes whale watching tours are arranged for large number of people in a large vessel. Which one to opt for is completely your choice.

Sometimes foggy weather or high winds hamper whale-watching tours. As the whale & marine watching tours in Canada require venturing into deep ocean where temperatures decline and wind increases, so to be on the safe side, visitors should carry jacket while on a marine venture. And, carry a video camera so that you can capture marine life through lenses. A list of few operators who specialize in whale & marine watching is given below.