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"Spirit" Bear
Canada’s other white bear

Spirit Bear

For many years, the “spirit” bear was considered a legend of the Git-ga’at and Kitasoo First Nations people. Their legends told of a time when the glaciers finally receded, and it was Raven who made everything green. Raven also decided to make one in 10 black bears white, to remind of the time when the world was white with snow and ice. Raven decided to set aside a special area of the world for these bears — now known as the Great Bear Rainforest. It was a remote paradise where the bears were to live in peace forever.

Ker-MOH-Dee

The Kermode (pronounced: Ker-MOHDee) “spirit” bear is truly a rare bear with fewer than 400 of these special white bears thought to exist on the planet. The unique genetics of the black bears in the Great Bear Rainforest are responsible for about one in 10 to be white in colour. These bears are not albinos, but rather true black bears that happen to have white fur. The fact that the only place on earth these bears exist is British Columbia, Canada makes photographing them very special.

Story and photography by
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